Arend’s Golden Mole vs Highland coffee

Carpitalpa arendsi compared with Coffea stenophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arend’s Golden Mole	Highland coffee
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Chrysochloridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Carpitalpa	Coffea
Species	Carpitalpa arendsi	Coffea stenophylla

Conservation Status

Arend’s Golden Mole

VU — Vulnerable

Highland coffee

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arend’s Golden Mole	Highland coffee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arend’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Highland coffee

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Guinea, India, and Sao Tome and Principe. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.