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Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968

Description

Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968

Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968, Monitore Zool. Ital., n. s., 2 (suppl.): 31.

Type Locality: Somalia, Giohar (= Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi).

Vernacular Names: Somali Golden Mole.

Distribution: Known only from the type specimen.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as Chlorotalpa tytonis.

Discussion: Subgenus incertae sedis (Bronner 1995 a). Assigned to Amblysomus by Simonetta (1968:31) and Petter (1981 a); Meester (1974) placed this species in Chlorotalpa.

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 81, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chrysochloridae
Genus
Calcochloris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Afrosoricida
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Simonetta
Species
tytonis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta, 1968 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • 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.
  • Bronner, G. N. 1995 a. Systematic revision of the golden mole genera Amblysomus, Chlorotalpa and Calcochloris (Insectivora: Chrysochloromorpha; Chrysochloridae). Ph. D. thesis, University of Natal, Durban.
  • Petter, F. 1981 a. Remarques sur la systematique des Chrysochlorides. Mammalia, 45: 49 - 53.
  • 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.