''Calcochloris''
is a genus of
mammal in the family
Chrysochloridae
Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all ...
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It contains the following species:
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Yellow golden mole (''Calcochloris obtusirostris'')
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Somali golden mole
The Somali golden mole (''Calcochloris tytonis'') is a golden mole endemic to Somalia. In 1964, Dr. Alberto Simonetta of the University of Florence discovered the mole's jaw and ear bone fragments in a barn owl pellet in Giohar, Somalia. The Som ...
(''Calcochloris tytonis'')
References
Afrosoricida
Mammal genera
Taxa named by St. George Jackson Mivart
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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