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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER CHRYSOCHLORIDEA
--> FAMILY Chrysochloridae
--> SUBFAMILY Amblysominae
--> GENUS Amblysomus
SPECIES Amblysomus hottentotus
| Author: | A. Smith, 1829. | | Citation: | Zool. J., 4: 436. | | Common Name: | Hottentot Golden Mole | | Type Locality: | "Interior parts of South Africa", Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Prov., South Africa. | | Distribution: | Eastern Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal, NE Free State and Mpumalanga (South Africa); Lesotho; possibly Swaziland. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) for A. hottentotus and A. iris. | | Comments: | Bronner (1995b, 1996, 2000) demonstrated the existence of three cryptic species (marleyi, septentrionalis and robustus) in this species, as traditionally constituted (Meester 1974). |
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