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Chrysochloris (Cape golden mole)

Mammalia - Chrysochloridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Chrysochloris Lacépède p. 7
1804Aspalax Desmarest
1815Chrysoris Rafinesque
1825Chrysochloris Gray p. 339
1825Aspalax Gray p. 342
1842Ducantalpa Boitard
1848Engyscopus Gistel
1955Kilimatalpa Lundholm
1967Chrysochloris Van Valen
1988Chrysochloris Carroll
2005Chrysochloris Wilson and Reeder
2006Chrysochloris Gilbert et al. p. 794

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoideaMcDowell 1958
familyChrysochloridaeGray 1825
genusChrysochlorisLacépède 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chrysochloris Lacépède 1799 [Cape golden mole]
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Subg. Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) Lacépède 1799
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Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom 1950 [Visagies golden mole]
Subg. Chrysochloris (Kilimatalpa) Lundholm 1955
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Chrysochloris (Kilimatalpa) stuhlmanni Matschie 1894 [Stuhlmanns golden mole]
Chrysochloris arenosa Asher and Avery 2010
Chrysochloris asiatica Linnaeus 1758 [Cape golden mole]
Chrysochloris bronneri Asher and Avery 2010
Invalid names: Aspalax Desmarest 1804 [synonym], Chrysoris Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Ducantalpa Boitard 1842 [synonym], Engyscopus Gistel 1848 [synonym], Kilimatalpa Lundholm 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available