Misplaced Pages

Highveld golden mole
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Chrysochloridae
Genus:	Amblysomus
Species:	A. septentrionalis
Binomial name
Amblysomus septentrionalis Roberts, 1913
Subspecies
Amblysomus septentrionalis orangensis Amblysomus septentrionalis septentrionalis
Highveld golden mole range
Synonyms
Amblysomus iris septentrionalis

The highveld golden mole (Amblysomus septentrionalis) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are forests, moist savanna, temperate shrubland and grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.

References

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. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Rampartab, C. (2015). "Amblysomus septentrionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T62009A21284057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62009A21284057.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

This Afrosoricida-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• IUCN Red List near threatened species
• Afrosoricida
• Mammals of South Africa
• Mammals described in 1913
• Taxa named by Austin Roberts
• Afrotheria stubs