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Gunning's golden mole

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Gunning's golden mole, Neamblysomus gunningi, is a small burrowing mammal in the family Chrysochloridae, endemic to South Africa, where it is known only from the far northern Drakensberg at Woodbush Forest and the New Agatha Forest Reserve in Limpopo Province. It spends most of its time underground and was listed as Endangered in 2006, with its declining numbers attributed to habitat clearance and destruction and to predation by domestic cats and dogs. It was first described by Broom in 1908. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Neamblysomus gunningi 3
Conservation Status
Endangered 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Chrysochloridae, Taxa
Source Gunning's golden mole (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Gunning's golden mole (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    e in Limpopo Province. It spends most of its time underground and was listed as Endangered in 2006, with its declining numbers attributed to habitat clearance and destruc
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    Gunning's golden mole, Neamblysomus gunningi, is a small burrowing mammal in the family Chrysochloridae, endemic to South Africa, where it is known only from the far northern Drakensberg at Woodbush Forest and the New Agatha Forest Reserve in Limpopo Province.
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3. Gunning's golden mole (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q82399 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Chrysochloridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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