Eastern Mole vs four-leaf devil-pepper

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while four-leaf devil-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	four-leaf devil-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Talpidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Rauvolfia
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

four-leaf devil-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	four-leaf devil-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-leaf devil-pepper

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, India, and Taiwan.