Chrysochloridae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2018 2018-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos 180 203 book chapter 68525 10.5281/zenodo.6624497 52fefc99-36df-46d7-91e8-51e724bae638 978-84-16728-08-4 6624497 Family CHRYSOCHLORIDAE (GOLDEN MOLES) • Small fusiform body shape, short limbs, no visible tail, eyes covered in skin and notvisible, no visible ear pinnae, and variable pelage color. * 8-23 cm. • Afrotropical Region. • Subterranean in subtropical and tropical deserts, grasslands, and forests from sea level into mountains. • 10 genera, 21 species, 42 taxa. •] species Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 4 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.