HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER CHRYSOCHLORIDEA
--> FAMILY Chrysochloridae
--> SUBFAMILY Amblysominae
--> GENUS Calcochloris
--> SUBGENUS [incertae sedis]
SPECIES Calcochloris ([incertae sedis]) tytonis
Author: | Simonetta, 1968. | Citation: | Monitore Zool. Ital., n.s., 2(suppl.): 31. | Common Name: | Somali Golden Mole | Type Locality: | Somalia, Giohar (= Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi). | Distribution: | Known only from the type specimen. | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered as Chlorotalpa tytonis. | Comments: | Subgenus incertae sedis (Bronner 1995a). Assigned to Amblysomus by Simonetta (1968:31) and Petter (1981a); Meester (1974) placed this species in Chlorotalpa. |
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