Chinkapin Oak vs Eastern Mole

Quercus muehlenbergii compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinkapin Oak	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fagaceae (Beech Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Quercus (Oaks)	Scalopus
Species	Quercus muehlenbergii	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Chinkapin Oak

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinkapin Oak	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinkapin Oak

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinkapin Oak

The Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) is a species in the genus Quercus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Canada and United States.