Cheeseweed mallow vs Iberian Mole

Malva parviflora compared with Talpa occidentalis

Key Differences

• Cheeseweed mallow is Not Evaluated while Iberian Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheeseweed mallow	Iberian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Malvaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Malva	Talpa
Species	Malva parviflora	Talpa occidentalis

Conservation Status

Cheeseweed mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheeseweed mallow	Iberian Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheeseweed mallow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (7 countries).

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cheeseweed mallow

The Cheeseweed mallow (Malva parviflora) is a species in the genus Malva. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.