Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Chrysochloris asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:53 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , "Sibiria." Usually taken as South Africa , Cape of Good Hope . DISTRIBUTION: W. Cape Province and Robben Isl. ( South Africa ); perhaps Namibia , Damaraland. COMMENT: Includes damarensis, namaquensis, minor, bayoni, concolor , taylori, and probably visagiei ; see Meester, 1974 , Part 1.3:3. See Ellerman et al., 1953:40 for discussion of type locality. ISIS NUMBER: 5301403004002001001.