Dog's Mercury Rust vs Eastern Mole

Melampsora populnea compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Dog's Mercury Rust is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dog's Mercury Rust	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)
Family	Melampsoraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Melampsora	Scalopus
Species	Melampsora populnea	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dog's Mercury Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dog's Mercury Rust	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dog's Mercury Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Brazil).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.