Downy Safflower vs Eastern Mole

Carthamus lanatus compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Safflower	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	Carthamus	Scalopus
Species	Carthamus lanatus	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.