Eastern Mole vs Indian-plum

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Indian-plum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Indian-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Talpidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Flacourtia
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Indian-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).