Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> ORDER AFROSORICIDA  --> SUBORDER CHRYSOCHLORIDEA  --> FAMILY Chrysochloridae  --> SUBFAMILY Amblysominae  --> GENUS Amblysomus

SPECIES Amblysomus hottentotus

Author:A. Smith, 1829.
Citation:Zool. J., 4: 436.
Common Name:Hottentot Golden Mole
Type Locality:"Interior parts of South Africa", Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Prov., South Africa.
Distribution:Eastern Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal, NE Free State and Mpumalanga (South Africa); Lesotho; possibly Swaziland.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) for A. hottentotus and A. iris.
Comments:Bronner (1995b, 1996, 2000) demonstrated the existence of three cryptic species (marleyi, septentrionalis and robustus) in this species, as traditionally constituted (Meester 1974).
EXPORT AS CSV

Offspring:

SUBSPECIES hottentotus

SUBSPECIES iris

SUBSPECIES longiceps

SUBSPECIES pondoliae

SUBSPECIES meesteri

Synonyms:


  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu