Eastern Mole vs Lagos-rubber

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Funtumia africana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Lagos-rubber
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	Funtumia
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.