Cryptochloris zyli

Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938

Van Zyl's Golden Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shortridge, G.C. and Carter, T.D. 1938-07. A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the North-West Cape province; and a new subspecies of _Gerbillus paeba_ from the Eastern Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 32(4):281-291.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891085

Original name as described

Cryptochloris zyli

Type material

KM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Compagnies Drift, 16 km inland from Lamberts Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000484

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.

Cryptochloris zyli

Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

zyli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891085

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1942:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hutterer (1993:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  6. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5749/21286235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chrysochloris wintoni zyli

(Simonetta, 1968)

Family

Chrysochloridae

Root name

zyli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Simonetta (1968:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35350)

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