Eastern Mole vs Elephant Palm

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Talpidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Borassus
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.