Arend’s Golden Mole vs Vegetable fern

Carpitalpa arendsi compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arend’s Golden Mole	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Chrysochloridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Carpitalpa	Diplazium
Species	Carpitalpa arendsi	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Arend’s Golden Mole

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arend’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.