Dwarf eelgrass vs Eastern Mole

Zostera japonica compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf eelgrass	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Zosteraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Zostera	Scalopus
Species	Zostera japonica	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf eelgrass	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.