Amblysomus marleyi

A. Roberts, 1931

Marley's Golden Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Chrysochloridea
Family : Chrysochloridae
Subfamily : Amblysominae
Genus : Amblysomus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(3):221-236.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00411752_633

Original name as described

Amblysomus marleyi

Type material

TM 5578

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ubombo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Eswatini?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000467

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Amblysomus marleyi

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

marleyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5578

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #62007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #62007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62007/21284544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Amblysomus iris marleyi

Simonetta, 1968

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

marleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Simonetta (1968:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35350)

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