Eastern Mole vs rock hakea

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Hakea gibbosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	rock hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Talpidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Hakea
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Hakea gibbosa

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

rock hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	rock hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rock hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Eswatini, New Zealand, and South Africa.