Eremitalpa granti (Broom 1907)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 79

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scientific name

Eremitalpa granti (Broom 1907)
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[Chrysochloris] granti Broom 1907 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 19: 265.

Type Locality: South Africa: Garies, south of Kamiesberg, Little Namaqualand, Northern Cape Prov.

Vernacular Names: Grant's Golden Mole.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eremitalpa granti subsp. granti Broom 1907

Subspecies Eremitalpa granti subsp. namibensis Bauer and Niethammer 1959

Distribution: Coastal dunes from Western and Northern Cape Prov., South Africa, to Namib Desert, Namibia.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Revised by Meester (1964).

Meester, J. 1964. Revision of the Chrysochloridae I. The desert golden mole Eremitalpa Roberts. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station, 26: 1 - 7.

Niethammer, J. 1959. Die nordafrikanischen Unterarten des Gartenschlafers (Eliomys quercinus). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 24: 35 - 45.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Afrosoricida

SubOrder

Chrysochloridea

Family

Chrysochloridae

SubFamily

Chrysochlorinae

Genus

Eremitalpa