Arend’s Golden Mole vs Cricket-Bat Willow

Carpitalpa arendsi compared with Salix alba

Key Differences

• Arend’s Golden Mole is Vulnerable while Cricket-Bat Willow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arend’s Golden Mole	Cricket-Bat Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Chrysochloridae	Salicaceae
Genus	Carpitalpa	Salix
Species	Carpitalpa arendsi	Salix alba

Conservation Status

Arend’s Golden Mole

VU — Vulnerable

Cricket-Bat Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arend’s Golden Mole	Cricket-Bat Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arend’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cricket-Bat Willow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya), Asia (Yemen), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.