Golden mole

Golden moles; Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cape golden mole
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Suborder:	Chrysochloridea; Broom, 1915
Family:	Chrysochloridae; Gray, 1825
Type genus
	Chrysochloris; Lacépède, 1799
Genera
	Eremitalpa Roberts, 1924 ; Chrysospalax Gill, 1883 ; Chrysochloris Lacépède, 1799 ; Cryptochloris Shortridge & Carter, 1938 ; Carpitalpa Lundholm, 1955 ; Huetia ; Chlorotalpa Roberts, 1924 ; Calcochloris Mivart, 1867 ; Amblysomus Pomel, 1848 ; Neamblysomus Roberts, 1924 ; †Damarachloris Pickford, 2019 ; †Diamantochloris Pickford, 2015 ; †Namachloris Pickford, 2015 ; †Proamblysomus Broom, 1941 ; †Prochrysochloris Butler & Hopwood, 1957 ;
	Range map of the subfamilies of Chrysochloridae

Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae (the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea) and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble as a result of evolutionary convergence. There are 21 species. Some (e.g., Chrysochloris asiatica, Amblysomus hottentotus) are relatively common, whereas others (e.g., species of Chrysospalax, Cryptochloris, Neamblysomus) are rare and endangered.

^ Martin Pickford (2015). "Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 16: 105–113.
^ 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. 77–81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[1] Martin Pickford (2015). "Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 16: 105–113.

[msw3-2] 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. pp. 77–81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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