Downy Ground-Cherry vs Eastern Mole

Physalis pubescens compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

Downy Ground-Cherry is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Ground-Cherry	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Solanaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Physalis	Scalopus
Species	Physalis pubescens	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Downy Ground-Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Ground-Cherry	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Ground-Cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (China, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).