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Chrysochloridae

Golden Moles

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Classification after Nowak 1999.
Containing group: Insectivora

Other Names for Chrysochloridae

References

Bronner, G. N. 2000. New species and subspecies of Golden Mole (Chrysochloridae : Amblysomus) from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Mammalia 64:41-54.

Bronner, G.N. 1996. Geographic patterns of morphometric variation in the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Insectivora: Chrysochloridae): a multivariate analysis. Mammalia 60:729-751.

Bronner, G.N. 1996. Non-geographic variation in morphological characteristics of the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Insectivora: Chrysochloridae). Mammalia 60:707-727.

Bronner, G.N. 1995. Cytogenetic properties of 9 species of golden moles (Insectivore, Chrysochloridae). Journal of Mammalogy 76:957-971.

Filippucci, M. G., G. C. Hickman, E. Capanna, and E. Nevo. 1991. Genetic diversity and differentiation of the endemic subterranean golden moles of South Africa. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 19:461-466.

Helgen, K. M. and D. E. Wilson. 2001. Additional material of the enigmatic golden mole Cryptochloris zyli, with notes on the genus Cryptochloris (Mammalia : Chrysochloridae). African Zoology 36:110-112.

Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Mus. Monogr. 5, 359 pp.

Meester, J., and H. W. Setzer. 1977. The mammals of Africa: an identification manual. Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.

Nowak, R. M. 1999. Order Insectivora. Pages 169-243 in: Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth Edition. Volume I. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Smithers, R. H. N. 1983. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Univ. Pretoria, 736 pp.

Smithers, 1986. South African red data book--terrestrial mammals. S. Afr. Natl. Sci. Programmes Rept. 125, 216 pp.

Von Mayer, A., G. O'Brien, and E. E. Sarmiento. 1995. Functional and systematic implications of the ear in golden moles (Chrysochloridae). Journal of Zoology 236:417-430.

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Scientific Name Eremitalpa granti
Location Namibia
Comments Grant's desert golden mole
Creator H. Vannoy Davis
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
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