cat's-claw vs Eastern Mole

Pithecellobium unguis-cati compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• cat's-claw is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cat's-claw	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Pithecellobium	Scalopus
Species	Pithecellobium unguis-cati	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

cat's-claw

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cat's-claw	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cat's-claw

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), and South America (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cat's-claw

The Cat's-claw (Pithecellobium unguis-cati) is a species in the genus Pithecellobium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.