Order Afrosoricida
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
71
81
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei
Broom 1950
Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei
Broom 1950
,
Ann. Transvaal Mus., 21: 238
.
Type Locality:
South Africa
,
Western Cape Prov.
, Gouna (
54 mi.
[
87 km
] E Calvinia).
Vernacular Names:
Visagie's Golden Mole
.
Distribution:
Known only from the
holotype
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Critically Endangered.
Discussion:
Subgenus
Chrysochloris
. Possibly an aberrant
asiatica
; see
Meester (1974)
.
Simonetta (1968:31)
listed it as a subspecies of
asiatica
.