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Afrosoricida/Tenrecoidea (Golden Moles and Tenrecs)

 

Family: Chrysochloridae (Golden Moles)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Calcochloris tytonis (Simonetta, 1968) Somali golden mole 1964 Somalia Missing Access
             
Chrysochloris visagei Broom, 1950 Visagie's golden mole 1950 Gouna, Northern Cape, South Africa Missing Access
             
Cryptochloris wintoni Broom, 1907 De Winton's golden mole 1907 or 1937 Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Missing Access
             
Cryptochloris zyli Shortridge & Carter, 1938 Van Zyl's golden mole (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Tenrecidae (Tenrecs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Microgale macpheei Goodman, Vasey & Burney, 2007 MacPhee's small tenrec Holocene Madagascar (southeastern) Extinct Access
             
Plesiorycteropus germainepetterae MacPhee, 1994 Malagasy aardvark, Bibymalagasy Holocene Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis Filhol, 1895 Malagasy aardvark, Bibymalagasy Holocene Madagascar Extinct Access

 

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