Robust golden mole

Species of mammal

Robust golden mole[1]
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Chrysochloridae
Genus: Amblysomus
Species:
A. robustus
Binomial name
Amblysomus robustus
Bronner, 2000
Robust golden mole range
Synonyms

Amblysomus hottentotus robustus

The robust golden mole (Amblysomus robustus) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae. It is endemic to parts of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.[3] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, temperate and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. 80. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Rampartab, C. (2015). "Amblysomus robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T62008A21284697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62008A21284697.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ Rampartab, Bronner (2016). A conservation assessment of Amblysomus robustus in Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT, editors. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust.
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Extant Afrosoricida species
Suborder Tenrecomorpha
Potamogalidae
Micropotamogale
  • Nimba otter shrew (M. lamottei)
  • Ruwenzori otter shrew (M. ruwenzorii)
Potamogale
  • Giant otter shrew (P. velox)
Tenrecidae
(Tenrecs)
Geogalinae
Geogale
  • Large-eared tenrec (G. aurita)
Oryzorictinae
Microgale
  • Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata)
  • Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani)
  • Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi)
  • Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas)
  • Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy)
  • Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis)
  • Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha)
  • Jenkins' shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae)
  • Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely)
  • Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata)
  • Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori)
  • Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus)
  • Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola)
  • Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi)
  • Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula)
  • Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula)
  • Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla)
  • Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides)
  • Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva)
  • Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)
Nesogale
  • Dobson's shrew tenrec (N. dobsoni)
  • Talazac's shrew tenrec (N. talazaci)
Oryzorictes
(Rice tenrecs)
  • Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova)
  • Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)
Tenrecinae
Echinops
  • Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)
Hemicentetes
  • Highland streaked tenrec (H. nigriceps)
  • Lowland streaked tenrec (H. semispinosus)
Setifer
  • Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)
Tenrec
  • Tailless tenrec (T. ecaudatus)
Suborder Chrysochloridea (golden moles)
Chrysochlorinae
Carpitalpa
  • Arends's golden mole (C. arendsi)
Chlorotalpa
  • Duthie's golden mole (C. duthieae)
  • Sclater's golden mole (C. sclateri)
Chrysochloris
Subgenus Chrysochloris:
  • Cape golden mole (C. asiatica)
  • Visagie's golden mole (C. visagiei)
Subgenus Kilimatalpa:
  • Stuhlmann's golden mole (C. stuhlmanni)
Chrysospalax
  • Giant golden mole (C. trevelyani)
  • Rough-haired golden mole (C. villosus)
Cryptochloris
  • De Winton's golden mole (C. wintoni)
  • Van Zyl's golden mole (C. zyli)
Eremitalpa
  • Grant's golden mole (E. granti)
Amblysominae
Amblysomus
  • Fynbos golden mole (A. corriae)
  • Hottentot golden mole (A. hottentotus)
  • Marley's golden mole (A. marleyi)
  • Robust golden mole (A. robustus)
  • Highveld golden mole (A. septentrionalis)
Calcochloris
Subgenus Huetia:
  • Congo golden mole (C. leucorhinus)
Subgenus Calcochloris:
  • Yellow golden mole (C. obtusirostris)
Subgenus incertae sedis:
  • Somali golden mole (C. tytonis)
Neamblysomus
  • Gunning's golden mole (N. gunningi)
  • Juliana's golden mole (N. julianae)
Taxon identifiers
Amblysomus robustus


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