Eastern Mole vs Prickly Yellow

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Talpidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.