Cryptochloris

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Cryptochloris
De Winton's golden mole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Chrysochloridae
Subfamily: Chrysochlorinae
Genus: Cryptochloris
Shortridge & Carter, 1938
Type species
Cryptochloris zyli
Shortridge & Carter, 1938
Species

Cryptochloris[1] is a genus of golden moles, containing the two species De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) and Van Zyl's golden mole (Cryptochloris zyli).

References

  1. ^ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.