Eastern Mole vs Sugar Apple

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Annona mucosa

Key Differences

• Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Sugar Apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Sugar Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Talpidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Annona
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Annona mucosa

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Sugar Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Sugar Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sugar Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia.