Eastern Mole vs Holywood

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Talpidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Guaiacum
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.