Chickenweed vs Eastern Mole

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Portulacaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Portulaca	Scalopus
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.