Cuckoo-Bread vs Eastern Mole

Oxalis acetosella compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Oxalis	Scalopus
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.