Highveld Golden Mole
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| Highveld 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. septentrionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblysomus septentrionalis Roberts, 1913 |
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| Subspecies | |
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Amblysomus septentrionalis orangensis |
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| Highveld Golden Mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblysomus iris septentrionalis |
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The Highveld Golden Mole (Amblysomus septentrionalis) is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, 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]
[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.
- ^ a b Bronner, G. (2008). Amblysomus septentrionalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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