Elephant Palm vs Iberian Mole

Borassus aethiopum compared with Talpa occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Iberian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Arecaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Borassus	Talpa
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Talpa occidentalis

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Iberian Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.