Dollar-joint Prickly-pear vs Eastern Mole

Opuntia chlorotica compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cactaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Opuntia	Scalopus
Species	Opuntia chlorotica	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Italy.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.