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 Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968 Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968 , Monitore Zool. Ital., n. s., 2 (suppl.): 31 . Type Locality: Somalia , Giohar (= Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi). Vernacular Names: Somali Golden Mole . Distribution: Known only from the type specimen. Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as Chlorotalpa tytonis . Discussion: Subgenus incertae sedis ( Bronner 1995 a ). Assigned to Amblysomus by Simonetta (1968:31) and Petter (1981 a ) ; Meester (1974) placed this species in Chlorotalpa .