Chrysochloridae is the golden mole family, the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea within the order Afrosoricida, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. It comprises twenty one species across ten living genera, including Eremitalpa, Chrysochloris, and Amblysomus. Golden moles are small, insectivorous, burrowing mammals with non-functional eyes covered by fur, dense fur with an iridescent sheen, powerful digging claws on the forelimbs, and an enlarged leathery nasal pad; despite resembling true moles, they are taxonomically distinct, the similarity a result of convergent evolution.
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Gunning's golden mole (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Golden mole
Wikipedia- Chrysochloridae: present tense, 21 species, some rare/endangered but living
Introduction
They belong to the family Chrysochloridae (the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea) and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble as a result of evolutionary convergence.
View the Source Wikidata: Chrysochloridae
Gunning's golden mole (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Gunning's golden mole, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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