Ear tree vs Eastern Mole

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Enterolobium	Scalopus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).