Easter cassia vs Eastern Mole

Senna pendula compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Easter cassia 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 Senna Scalopus
Species Senna pendula Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Easter cassia Eastern Mole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Easter cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Portugal), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Easter cassia

No description available.

Eastern Mole

No description available.

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