Fynbos golden mole
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Amblysomus |
| Species: | A. corriae
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| Amblysomus corriae Thomas, 1905
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Amblysomus corriae corriae | |
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The fynbos golden mole (Amblysomus corriae) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Its natural habitats are fynbos vegetation, temperate forests, shrubland, and grassland, subtropical or tropical lowland moist forest and dry grassland, moist savanna, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
See also
[edit]- Biodiversity of Cape Town
- Index: Fynbos - habitats and species.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Bronner, G.; Mynhardt, S. (2015). "Amblysomus corriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T62006A21284863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62006A21284863.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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