Arends's golden mole
| Arends' golden mole[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Carpitalpa Lundholm, 1955 |
| Species: | C. arendsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Carpitalpa arendsi (Lundholm, 1955)
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| Arends' golden mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chlorotalpa arendsi Lundholm, 1955 | |
Arends'montane forests, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pasture, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Carpitalpa. It was moved from the genus Chlorotalpa.[3]
It was first described by Lundholm, who named it for Nicolas Arends, taxidermist at the Kaffrarian Museum (now the
King William's Town, South Africa) who captured the specimen.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0521844185.
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4081-2251-8.
- hdl:10499/AJ2053.