Robust golden mole

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The robust golden mole (Amblysomus robustus) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae. It is endemic to parts of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.[3] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, temperate and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]

Robust golden mole[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Chrysochloridae
Genus: Amblysomus
Species:
A. robustus
Binomial name
Amblysomus robustus
Bronner, 2000
Robust golden mole range
Synonyms

Amblysomus hottentotus robustus

References

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  1. ^ 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. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Rampartab, C. (2015). "Amblysomus robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T62008A21284697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62008A21284697.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ Rampartab, Bronner (2016). A conservation assessment of Amblysomus robustus in Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT, editors. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust.