Eastern Mole vs Sour Prickle

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Talpidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Opuntia
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Sour Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).