Devil'S Paintbrush vs Eastern Mole

Pilosella aurantiaca compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil'S Paintbrush	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	Pilosella	Scalopus
Species	Pilosella aurantiaca	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Devil'S Paintbrush

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil'S Paintbrush	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil'S Paintbrush

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Kyrgyzstan), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.