Amblysomus hottentotus (A. Smith 1829)

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 : 80

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Amblysomus hottentotus (A. Smith 1829)
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[Chrysochloris] hottentotus A. Smith 1829 , Zool. J., 4: 436.

Type Locality: "Interior parts of South Africa ", Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Prov., South Africa.

Vernacular Names: Hottentot Golden Mole.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Amblysomus hottentotus subsp. hottentotus A. Smith 1829

Subspecies Amblysomus hottentotus subsp. iris Thomas and Schwann 1905

Subspecies Amblysomus hottentotus subsp. longiceps Broom 1907

Subspecies Amblysomus hottentotus subsp. pondoliae Thomas and Schwann 1905

Subspecies Amblysomus hottentotus subsp. meesteri Bronner 2000

Distribution: Eastern Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal, NE Free State and Mpumalanga ( South Africa); Lesotho; possibly Swaziland.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) for A. hottentotus and A. iris .

Discussion: Bronner (1995 b, 1996, 2000) demonstrated the existence of three cryptic species ( marleyi , septentrionalis and robustus ) in this species, as traditionally constituted ( Meester 1974).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Afrosoricida

Family

Chrysochloridae

Genus

Amblysomus

Loc

Amblysomus hottentotus (A. Smith 1829)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Chrysochloris] hottentotus

A. Smith 1829: 436
1829
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