| Amblysomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Subfamily: | Amblysominae |
| Genus: | Amblysomus Pomel, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Chrysochloris hottentotus A. Smith, 1829
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| Species | |
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Amblysomus[1] (also narrow-headed golden mole or South African golden mole) is a genus of the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae,[2] comprising five species of the small, insect-eating, burrowing mammals endemic to Southern Africa. All five species can be found in South Africa and some are also found in Eswatini and Lesotho.[3]
- ^ 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. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Murray Wrobel: Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals. Elsevier 2006, ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
- ^ Naish, Darren (24 June 2008). "Don't be messin' with GOLDEN MOLES!!!1!". Tetrapod Zoology. ScienceBlogs. Retrieved 11 November 2017.