Eastern Mole vs Tangerine

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Tangerine
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	Citrus
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Tangerine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).