Cosmos vs Eastern Mole

Cosmos sulphureus compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

Cosmos is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cosmos	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Cosmos	Scalopus
Species	Cosmos sulphureus	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cosmos

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Panama, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).