Crab Grass vs Eastern Mole

Digitaria siderograpta compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab Grass	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Digitaria	Scalopus
Species	Digitaria siderograpta	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Crab Grass

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab Grass	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab Grass

Habitat

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

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.