Drooping Tonguefern vs Eastern Mole

Elaphoglossum herminieri compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drooping Tonguefern	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Scalopus
Species	Elaphoglossum herminieri	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drooping Tonguefern	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.