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SPECIES Amblysomus corriae

Author:Thomas, 1905.
Citation:Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905(20): 5.
Citation Type:see also: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 2:57
Common Name:Fynbos Golden Mole
Type Locality:South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Knysna.
Distribution:Western Cape Prov. from Stellenbosch/Paarl eastwards to Knysna and George (South Africa).
Comments:A. corriae was previously treated as a subspecies of A. iris, and devilliersi as a subspecies of A. hottentotus, see Meester et al. (1986:23). Bronner (1996) showed that iris represents only a subspecies of A. hottentotus, and elevated corriae to species rank to include devilliersi.
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SUBSPECIES corriae

SUBSPECIES devilliersi

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