coral-bean vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Erythrina fusca compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Fabaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Erythrina	Amblysomus
Species	Erythrina fusca	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Marley’s Golden Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Marley’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.