Cape Golden Mole

Cape Golden Mole[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Chrysochloridae
Genus:	Chrysochloris
Species:	C. asiatica
Binomial name
Chrysochloris asiatica Linnaeus, 1758
Cape Golden Mole range
Synonyms
Chrysochloris auratus (Vosmaer, 1787) Chrysochloris aurea (Pallas, 1778) Chrysochloris capensis Lacépède, 1799 Chrysochloris calviniae Shortridge, 1942 Chrysochloris concolor Shortridge & Carter, 1938 Chrysochloris damarensis Ogilby, 1838 Chrysochloris dixoni Broom, 1946 Chrysochloris elegans Broom, 1946 Chrysochloris minor Roberts, 1919 Chrysochloris namaquensis Broom, 1907 Chrysochloris rubra Lacépède, 1799 Chrysochloris shortridgei Broom, 1946 Chrysochloris taylori Broom, 1950 Chrysochloris tenuis Broom, 1907 Chrysochloris visserae Broom, 1950 Chrysochloris asiatica bayoni De Beaux, 1921 Talpa inaurata (Pallas, 1777)

The Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) is a small, insectivorous mammal of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles. It is native to certain south western regions of South Africa.

References

1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 78. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100065. 
2. ^ Bronner, G. (2008). Chrysochloris asiatica. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.

External links

• Manyeleti Private Game Reserve - description of Golden Moles

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