Eastern Mole vs Hard Alectryon

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Talpidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Alectryon
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

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