Eastern Mole vs Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Ranunculus trichophyllus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Talpidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Ranunculus
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Ranunculus trichophyllus

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and United States.