Calcochloris obtusirostris

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Yellow Golden Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Eine Mittheilung über zwei neue Insectivoren aus Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:467-468.

Original name as described

Chrysochloris obtusirostris

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39015.a, RMNH.MAM.39015.b, ZMB 719, ZMB 720, ZMB 12945, ZMB 31020, ZMB 85341

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Inhambane, coastal Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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