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--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
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--> FAMILY Chrysochloridae
--> SUBFAMILY Chrysochlorinae
GENUS Carpitalpa
Author: | Lundholm, 1955. | Citation: | Ann. Transvaal Mus., 22: 285. | Type Species: | Chlorotalpa(Carpitalpa) arendsi Lundholm, 1955. | Comments: | Lundholm (1955a:285) described Carpitalpa and Kilimatalpa (here included in Chrysochloris) as subgenera within Chlorotalpa. Simonetta (1968) afforded Carpitalpa generic rank. Included in Amblysomus by Petter (1981a:50) and in Chlorotalpa by Meester (1974) and Meester et al. (1986:20). |
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