Eastern Mole vs Vegetable fern

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Talpidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Diplazium
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.