Hottentot Golden Mole

Taxobox
name = Hottentot Golden MoleMSW3 Bronner | pages = 80]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Bronner, G. (Afrotheria Specialist Group) | year = 2006 | id = 41316 | title = Amblysomus hottentotus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Afrosoricida
familia = Chrysochloridae
genus = "Amblysomus"
species = "A. hottentotus"
binomial = "Amblysomus hottentotus"
binomial_authority = (A. Smith, 1829)
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision = "Amblysomus hottentotus hottentotus
Amblysomus hottentotus iris
Amblysomus hottentotus longiceps
Amblysomus hottentotus meesteri
Amblysomus hottentotus pondoliae"

The Hottentot Golden Mole ("Amblysomus hottentotus") is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in South Africa, Swaziland, and possibly Lesotho. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.

It has several subspecies, including the Zulu Golden Mole ("Amblysomus hottentotus iris").

References

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Amblysomus_hottentotus.html Hottentot Golden Mole] at "Animal Diversity Web"