Somali golden mole
| Somali golden mole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Calcochloris |
| Species: | C. tytonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calcochloris tytonis (Simonetta, 1968)
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| Somali golden mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblysomus tytonis | |
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.[2]
References[]
- ^ Maree, S. (2015). "Calcochloris tytonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4767A21285700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T4767A21285700.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Girling, Richard (2014). The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small and Why They Matter. UK: Chatto & Windus. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-61902-450-2.
- Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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- Endemic fauna of Somalia
- Afrosoricida
- Mammals of Somalia
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- Species known from a single specimen
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