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.[2]

Somali golden mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Chrysochloridae
Genus: Calcochloris
Species:
C. tytonis
Binomial name
Calcochloris tytonis
(Simonetta, 1968)
Somali golden mole range
Synonyms

Amblysomus tytonis
Chlorotalpa tytonis

References

  1. Bronner, G. (2008). "Calcochloris tytonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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.


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