- Giant Golden Mole
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Giant Golden Mole[1] 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Afrosoricida Family: Chrysochloridae Genus: Chrysospalax Species: C. trevelyani Binomial name Chrysospalax trevelyani
(Günther, 1875)
Giant Golden Mole range Synonyms Bematiscus trevelyani
The Giant Golden Mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani) is an endangered species of golden mole whose natural habit is the forests of Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
The species was first collected by Herbert Trevelyanile hunting near Pirie Forest near King William's town in British Caffraria. This 10 inch long mole is dark chocolate brown above with whitish underfur. The claws and margin of the lips are whitish. It is blind and has no external ear lobes and lacks a tail.[3]
References
- ^ 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. 79. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100072.
- ^ Bronner, G. (2008). Chrysospalax trevelyani. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
- ^ Günther, A (1875). "Description of a new species of Chrysochloris from Africa". Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 311–312. http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen75zool#page/n421/mode/1up.
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