- Highveld Golden Mole
Taxobox
name = Highveld Golden MoleMSW3 Bronner | pages = 80-81]
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Bronner, G. (Afrotheria Specialist Group) | year = 2006 | id = 62009 | title = Amblysomus septentrionalis | downloaded =2007-07-29 ]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Afrosoricida
familia =Chrysochloridae
genus = "Amblysomus "
species = "A. septentrionalis"
binomial = "Amblysomus septentrionalis"
binomial_authority = Roberts, 1913
synonyms = "Amblysomus iris septentrionalis"
subdivision_ranks =Subspecies
subdivision = "Amblysomus septentrionalis orangensis
Amblysomus septentrionalis septentrionalis"The Highveld Golden Mole ("Amblysomus septentrionalis") is a species of
mammal in theChrysochloridae family. It is found inSouth Africa andSwaziland . Its naturalhabitat s are temperateforest s, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moistmontane s, moistsavanna , temperateshrubland , temperategrassland , subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland,arable land , pastureland,plantation s , rural gardens,urban area s, and introduced vegetation.It is threatened byhabitat loss .References
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