Amblysomus
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| Amblysomus[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Amblysomus Pomel, 1848 |
| Species | |
Golden Moles (Amblysomus), also African Golden Moles and South African Golden Moles,[2] is a genus of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It contains the following species:
- Fynbos Golden Mole (Amblysomus corriae)
- Hottentot Golden Mole (Amblysomus hottentotus)
- Marley's Golden Mole (Amblysomus marleyi)
- Robust Golden Mole (Amblysomus robustus)
- Highveld Golden Mole (Amblysomus septentrionalis)
Members of the genus Amblysomus are distributed in Southern Africa. All five species are found in South Africa with some being found in Swaziland and Lesotho as well.
[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. 80-81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Murray Wrobel: Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals. Elsevier 2006, ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
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