Carpitalpa arendsi

(Lundholm, 1955)

Arends's Golden Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lundholm, B.G. 1955. Descriptions of new mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(3):279-303.

Authority publication link

https://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/22/3/AJA00411752_408

Original name as described

Chlorotalpa (Carpitalpa) arendsi

Type material

TM 10512

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Pungwe Falls, Inyanga, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000475

Country distribution map

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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.

Chlorotalpa (Carpitalpa) arendsi

(Lundholm, 1955)

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

arendsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10512

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Carpitalpa arendsi

Simonetta, 1968

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

arendsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

  1. Simonetta (1968:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35350)
  2. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40596/21289173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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