Arend's Golden Mole

Arend's Golden Mole
Arend's Golden Mole[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Chrysochloridae
Genus: Carpitalpa
Lundholm, 1955
Species: C. arendsi
Binomial name
Carpitalpa arendsi
(Lundholm, 1955)
Arend's Golden Mole range
Synonyms

Chlorotalpa arendsi Lundholm, 1955

Arend's Golden Mole (Carpitalpa arendsi) is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

It is the only species in the genus Carpitalpa. It was elevated from the genus Chlorotalpa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 77-78. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100054. 
  2. ^ a b Bronner, G. (2008). Carpitalpa arendsi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.


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