alpine bittercress vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Brassicaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Cardamine	Amblysomus
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Marley’s Golden Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Marley’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine bittercress

The Alpine bittercress (Cardamine bellidifolia) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.