Curled Dock vs Eastern Mole

Rumex crispus compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Curled Dock is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Dock	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Rumex	Scalopus
Species	Rumex crispus	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Curled Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Dock	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and South America (7 countries).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.