Black Chokeberry vs Eastern Mole

Aronia melanocarpa compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Black Chokeberry is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Chokeberry	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Aronia	Scalopus
Species	Aronia melanocarpa	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Black Chokeberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Chokeberry	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Chokeberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Chokeberry

The Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a species in the genus Aronia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).