Chrysochloris visagiei

Broom, 1950

Visagie's Golden Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Broom, R. 1950. Some further advances in our knowledge of the Cape golden moles. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 21(3):234-241.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00411752_438

Original name as described

Chrysochloris visagiei

Type material

KM 12720

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gouna, 54 miles [= 87 km] east of Calvinia," Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000480

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.

Chrysochloris visagiei

Broom, 1950

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

visagiei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM 12720

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4812/21287855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chrysochloris asiatica visagiei

Simonetta, 1968

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

visagiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Simonetta (1968:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35350)

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