Eastern Mole vs Sweetpotato

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Ipomoea batatas

Key Differences

  • Eastern Mole is Least Concern while Sweetpotato is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Eastern Mole Sweetpotato
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Talpidae Convolvulaceae
Genus Scalopus Ipomoea
Species Scalopus aquaticus Ipomoea batatas

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Sweetpotato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Eastern Mole Sweetpotato
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetpotato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

No description available.

Sweetpotato

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia