Dog-Strangling Vine vs Eastern Mole

Vincetoxicum rossicum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Dog-Strangling Vine is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dog-Strangling Vine	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Vincetoxicum	Scalopus
Species	Vincetoxicum rossicum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dog-Strangling Vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dog-Strangling Vine	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dog-Strangling Vine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.