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
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Gunning's golden mole (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Gunning's golden mole (Wikipedia)
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Found In
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Gunning's golden mole (Wikipedia)
Introduction
It was listed in 2006 as an endangered species. Its decreasing numbers are due to habitat clearance or destruction and predation from domesticated cats and dogs. It is a burrowing animal and spends the majority of its time underground.
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.
In Biome: Grassland, Range and habitat
The golden mole is known only from the far northern Drakensberg, at Woodbush Forest and New Agatha Forest Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa, where it inhabits montane forest and grasslands, cultivated farmland and young pine plantations.
View the Source3. 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
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
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