Downy Lettuce vs Eastern Mole

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Lactuca	Scalopus
Species	Lactuca hirsuta	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.