Arend’s Golden Mole vs Tickclover

Carpitalpa arendsi compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Arend’s Golden Mole is Vulnerable while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arend’s Golden Mole	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Chrysochloridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Carpitalpa	Desmodium
Species	Carpitalpa arendsi	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Arend’s Golden Mole

VU — Vulnerable

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arend’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.