Broad-footed Mole vs River sheoak

Scapanus latimanus compared with Casuarina cunninghamiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-footed Mole	River sheoak
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fagales (Buchenartige)
Family	Talpidae	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Scapanus	Casuarina
Species	Scapanus latimanus	Casuarina cunninghamiana

Conservation Status

Broad-footed Mole

LC — Least Concern

River sheoak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-footed Mole	River sheoak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-footed Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River sheoak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Vanuatu), and South America (4 countries).

Broad-footed Mole

The Broad-footed Mole (Scapanus latimanus) is a species in the genus Scapanus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.