Golden Mole - Classification

Classification

As with many groups, the classification of the golden moles is undergoing an upheaval at present in the light of the flood of new genetic information becoming available. They have traditionally been listed with the shrews, hedgehogs and a grab-bag of small, difficult-to-place creatures as part of the order Insectivora. Some authorities retain this classification, at least for the time being. Others group the golden moles with the tenrecs in a new order which is sometimes known as Tenrecomorpha, while others call it Afrosoricida and reserve Tenrecomorpha for the Tenrecidae family.

• ORDER AFROSORICIDA
  • Suborder Tenrecomorpha
    • Family Tenrecidae: tenrecs, 34 species in 10 genera
  • Suborder Chrysochloridea
    • Family Chrysochloridae
      • Subfamily Chrysochlorinae
        • Genus Carpitalpa
          • Arend's golden mole (Carpitalpa arendsi)
        • Genus Chlorotalpa
          • Duthie's golden mole (Chlorotalpa duthieae)
          • Sclater's golden mole (Chlorotalpa sclateri)
        • Genus Chrysochloris
          • Subgenus Chrysochloris
            • Cape golden mole (Chrysochloris asiatica)
            • Visagie's golden mole (Chrysochloris visagiei)
          • Subgenus Kilimatalpa
            • Stuhlmann's golden mole (Chrysochloris stuhlmanni)
        • Genus Chrysospalax
          • Giant golden mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani)
          • Rough-haired golden mole (Chrysospalax villosus)
        • Genus Cryptochloris
          • De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni)
          • Van Zyl's golden mole (Cryptochloris zyli)
        • Genus Eremitalpa
          • Grant's golden mole (Eremitalpa granti)
      • Subfamily Amblysominae
        • Genus Amblysomus
          • Fynbos golden mole (Amblysomus corriae)
          • Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentotus)
          • Marley's golden mole (Amblysomus marleyi)
          • Robust golden mole (Amblysomus robustus)
          • Highveld golden mole (Amblysomus septentrionalis)
        • Genus Calcochloris
          • Subgenus Huetia
            • Congo golden mole (Calcochloris leucorhinus)
          • Subgenus Calcochloris
            • Yellow golden mole (Calcochloris obtusirostris)
          • Subgenus incertae sedis
            • Somali golden mole (Calcochloris tytonis)
        • Genus Neamblysomus
          • Juliana's golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae)
          • Gunning's golden mole (Neamblysomus gunningi)