Broad-Leaved Cattail vs Eastern Mole

Typha latifolia compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Broad-Leaved Cattail is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-Leaved Cattail	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Typhaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Typha	Scalopus
Species	Typha latifolia	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Broad-Leaved Cattail

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-Leaved Cattail	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Senegal), Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Broad-Leaved Cattail

The Broad-Leaved Cattail (Typha latifolia) is a species in the genus Typha. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. It has been recorded Widely distributed across Africa (Senegal), Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countri.