Buddha's hand vs Eastern Mole

Alocasia cucullata compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Talpidae
Genus	Alocasia	Scalopus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.