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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER CHRYSOCHLORIDEA
--> FAMILY Chrysochloridae
--> SUBFAMILY Chrysochlorinae
--> GENUS Chrysochloris
--> SUBGENUS Chrysochloris
SPECIES Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) asiatica
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 53. | | Common Name: | Cape Golden Mole | | Type Locality: | "In Sibiria"; usually taken as Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. See Ellerman et al. (1953). | | Distribution: | Western Cape Prov. and Robben Isl northwards along coastal plain to Orange River (South Africa). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Chrysochloris. Geographic variation in size and colour appears to be clinal, hence no subspecies are recognized (see Meester et al., 1986), but further study may reveal some valid taxa. The only known specimen of damarensis may have been incorrectly labelled as no Chrysochloris have subsequently been collected in Damaraland, Namibia (Meester 1974). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
auratus (Vosmaer, 1787)
aurea (Pallas, 1778)
bayoni De Beaux, 1921
capensis Lacépède, 1799
calviniae Shortridge, 1942
concolor Shortridge and Carter, 1938
damarensis Ogilby, 1838
dixoni Broom, 1946
elegans Broom, 1946
inaurata (Pallas, 1777)
minor Roberts, 1919
namaquensis Broom, 1907
rubra Lacépède, 1799
shortridgei Broom, 1946
taylori Broom, 1950
tenuis Broom, 1907
visserae Broom, 1950
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