Eastern Mole vs Garden Thyme

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Talpidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Thymus
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (18 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).