Kingdom Animalia Order Afrosoricida Genus Calcochloris Higher classification Calcochloris | Phylum Chordata Family Chrysochloridae Scientific name Calcochloris tytonis Rank Species | |
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Similar Visagie's golden mole, Van Zyl's golden mole, Fynbos golden mole, Duthie's golden mole, Yellow golden mole | ||
The Somali golden mole (Calcochloris tytonis) is a golden mole endemic to Somalia. This mole is known only from a fragment of jaw bone and ear bones discovered by Dr. Alberto Simonetta of the University of Florence in a barn owl pellet in Giohar, Somalia in 1964.
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Somali golden mole Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA