Doum Palm vs Greater Chinese Mole

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Arecaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Hyphaene	Euroscaptor
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Greater Chinese Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.