Eastern Mole vs Prickly Coontail

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Talpidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.