Calcochloris tytonis
| Somali golden mole | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Calcochloris |
| Species: | C. tytonis |
| Binomial name | |
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Calcochloris tytonis (Simonetta, 1968) |
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| Somali golden mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblysomus tytonis |
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Amblysomus tytonis
Chlorotalpa tytonis
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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