Bitter Dock vs Eastern Mole

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Rumex	Scalopus
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.