Eremitalpa Roberts 1924 (Grant's golden mole)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae

Parent taxon: Chrysochloridae according to C. Gilbert et al. 2006

See also Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Amblysomus, Carpitalpa, Chlorotalpa, Chrysochlorinae, Chrysochloris, Chrysospalax, Cryptochloris, Damarachloris, Diamantochloris, Namachloris, Neamblysomus, Proamblysomus, Prochrysochlorinae

Subtaxa: Eremitalpa granti

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eremitalpa in the database

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