Chrysochloridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysochloridea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Afrosoricida Subordo: Chrysochloridea

Familia: Chrysochloridae
Subfamiliae (2): Amblysominae – Chrysochlorinae

Overview of genera (10 + 4†)

Amblysomus – Calcochloris – Carpitalpa – Chlorotalpa – Chrysochloris – Chrysospalax – Cryptochloris – Eremitalpa – Huetia – Neamblysomus – †Diamantochloris – †Namachloris – †Proamblysomus – †Prochrysochloris

Name

Chrysochloridae Gray, 1825: 339 ["Chrysochlorina"]

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1825. An Outline of an Attempt at the Disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a List of the Genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy (ns) 10: 337–344. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Simonetta, A.M. 1968. A new golden mole from Somalia with an appendix on the taxonomy of the family Chrysochloridae (Mammalia: Insectivora). Monit Zool Ital 2: 27–55. [not seen]
Bronner, G.N. & Jenkins, P.D. 2005. Order Afrosoricida. Pp. 71–81 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Asher, R.J., Maree, S., Bronner, G., Bennett, N.C., Bloomer, P., Czechowski, P., Meyer, M. & Hofreiter, M. 2010. A phylogenetic estimate for golden moles (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Chrysochloridae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 69. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-69

Vernacular names

беларуская: Золатакратовыя
English: Golden Moles
suomi: Kultamyyrät, kultakontiaiset
日本語: キンモグラ科
norsk: Gullmoldvarper
polski: Złotokrety
Türkçe: Altın köstebek
українська: Золотокроти

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