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Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom 1950
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Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom 1950
Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom 1950, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 21: 238.
Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Gouna (54 mi. [87 km] E Calvinia).
Vernacular Names: Visagie's Golden Mole.
Distribution: Known only from the holotype.
Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Discussion: Subgenus Chrysochloris. Possibly an aberrant asiatica; see Meester (1974). Simonetta (1968:31) listed it as a subspecies of asiatica.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, pp. 71-81 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 79, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ECD0AAEF9D4B901FFFAEF2116D11AC61 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/E59C586D94BE984BCABCBBA4C5F798AF (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231548747 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Broom
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Afrosoricida
- Family
- Chrysochloridae
- Genus
- Chrysochloris
- Species
- visagiei
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom, 1950 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Meester, J. A. J. 1974. Order Insectivora, Family Chrysochloridae. Part 1.3. Pp. 1 - 7, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
- Simonetta, A. M. 1968. A new golden mole from Somalia with an appendix on the taxonomy of the family Chrysochloridae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n. s., 2 (Supplemento): 27 - 55.