Fynbos Golden Mole
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| Fynbos Golden Mole[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Amblysomus |
| Species: | A. corriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblysomus corriae Thomas, 1905 |
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| Subspecies | |
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Amblysomus corriae corriae |
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| Fynbos Golden Mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblysomus hottentotus devilliersi |
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The Fynbos Golden Mole (Amblysomus corriae) is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
Its natural habitats are Fynbos Mediterranean shrubland vegetation, temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.
It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
[edit] See also
- Biodiversity of Cape Town
- Index: Fynbos - habitats and species.
[edit] 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. 80. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ a b Bronner, G. (2008). Amblysomus corriae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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