Annual Wall-rocket vs Arend’s Golden Mole

Diplotaxis muralis compared with Carpitalpa arendsi

Key Differences

• Annual Wall-rocket is Least Concern while Arend’s Golden Mole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Wall-rocket	Arend’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	Diplotaxis	Carpitalpa
Species	Diplotaxis muralis	Carpitalpa arendsi

Conservation Status

Annual Wall-rocket

LC — Least Concern

Arend’s Golden Mole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Wall-rocket	Arend’s Golden Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Wall-rocket

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China, South Korea), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Arend’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Annual Wall-rocket

The Annual Wall-rocket (Diplotaxis muralis) is a species in the genus Diplotaxis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic re.

Arend’s Golden Mole

The Arend’s Golden Mole (Carpitalpa arendsi) is a species in the genus Carpitalpa. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.