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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER CHRYSOCHLORIDEA
--> FAMILY Chrysochloridae
--> SUBFAMILY Chrysochlorinae
--> GENUS Chrysochloris
--> SUBGENUS Chrysochloris
SPECIES Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei
| Author: | Broom, 1950. | | Citation: | Ann. Transvaal Mus., 21: 238. | | Common Name: | Visagie’s Golden Mole | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Gouna (54 mi. [87 km] E Calvinia). | | Distribution: | Known only from the holotype. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Subgenus Chrysochloris. Possibly an aberrant asiatica; see Meester (1974). Simonetta (1968:31) listed it as a subspecies of asiatica. |
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