Dog tail vs Eastern Mole

Buddleja asiatica compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dog tail	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Scrophulariaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Buddleja	Scalopus
Species	Buddleja asiatica	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dog tail

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dog tail	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dog tail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.