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Golden Moles
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Golden Moles

Chrysochloridae

Golden moles are small, insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Southern Africa, where their Afrikaans names are gouemolle or kruipmolle (singular gouemol or kruipmol). They comprise the family Chrysochloridae and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble as a result of convergence.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 21 known species

Chrysochlorinae

subfamilyChrysochlorinae

Amblysominae

subfamilyAmblysominae

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