hooked-pepperwort vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Marsilea vestita compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	hooked-pepperwort	Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Marsileaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Marsilea	Amblysomus
Species	Marsilea vestita	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hooked-pepperwort	Marley’s Golden Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Marley’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.