Arends' golden mole (''Carpitalpa arendsi'') is a species 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 ...

. It is found in

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and

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. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry, and moist

montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial ...

forests, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pasture, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas. It is the only species in the genus ''Carpitalpa''. It was moved from the genus ''

Chlorotalpa ''Chlorotalpa'' is a genus of mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. It contains the following species: * Duthie's golden mole Duthie's golden mole (''Chlorotalpa duthieae'') is a species of mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. It is endemi ...

''. It was first described by Lundholm, who named it for Nicolas Arends, taxidermist at the Kaffrarian Museum (now the Amathole Museum, in

King William's Town Qonce, formerly known as King William's Town, is a city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River (Eastern Cape), Buffalo River. The city is about northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London, South ...

, South Africa) who captured the specimen.

References

Afrosoricida Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1955 {{afrosoricida-stub