Barbados Cherry vs Eastern Mole

Malpighia glabra compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barbados Cherry	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Malpighiaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Malpighia	Scalopus
Species	Malpighia glabra	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Barbados Cherry

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barbados Cherry	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barbados Cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barbados Cherry

The Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) is a species in the genus Malpighia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.