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 Chrysochloridae Gray 1825 Chrysochloridae Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 335 . Genera: 9 genera with 21 species in 2 subfamilies: Subfamily Chrysochlorinae Gray 1825 Genus Carpitalpa Lundholm 1955 (1 species) Genus Chlorotalpa Roberts 1924 (2 species with 4 subspecies) Genus Chrysochloris Lacépède 1799 (3 species with 3 subspecies) Genus Chrysospalax Gill 1883 (2 species with 6 subspecies) Genus Cryptochloris Shortridge and Carter 1938 (2 species) Genus Eremitalpa Roberts 1924 (1 species with 2 subspecies) Subfamily Amblysominae Simonetta 1957 Genus Amblysomus Pomel 1848 (5 species with 7 subspecies) Genus Calcochloris Mivart 1867 (3 species with 5 subspecies) Genus Neamblysomus Roberts 1924 (2 species) Discussion: For widely divergent treatments see Simonetta (1968) , Meester (1974) , Meester et al. (1986) and Petter (1981 a ) . The treatment below follows Bronner (1995 a , 1996 ).