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Chrysospalax
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Chrysospalax

Chrysospalax is a small genus of mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. The two members are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species:

Rough-haired golden mole (Chrysospalax villosus)

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

Giant Golden Mole

speciesChrysospalax trevelyani

Rough-haired Golden Mole

speciesChrysospalax villosus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42499.