Eastern Mole vs willow hakea

Scalopus aquaticus compared with Hakea salicifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Mole	willow hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Talpidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Scalopus	Hakea
Species	Scalopus aquaticus	Hakea salicifolia

Conservation Status

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

willow hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Mole	willow hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

willow hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, South Africa), Asia (India), Europe (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).