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The Golden Mole lives in tunnels which can extend for over 10 metres in length. They make mounds outside the entrance of their tunnel about 20 cms high.
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Golden moles in the Chlorotalpa weigh 40 - 75 g (1.4 - 2.7 oz). They are found in a variety of habitats but mostly in dry sandy soils. Golden moles eat . Their 1 or 2 young are born in a grass-lined cavity in the ground.
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Cape golden mole - CHRYSOCH LORIS ASIATICA Possibly Endangered Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia) Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria) Order: Insect Eaters (Insectivora) Family: Chrysochloridae.
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Arend's Golden Mole (C. arendsi)
Chlorotalpa
Duthie's Golden Mole (C. duthieae) Â- Sclater's Golden Mole (C. sclateri) ...
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Grant's golden moleA member of the ancient native group of African mammals and not related to European moles, the golden moles are solitary, blind burrowers with shiny pale brown fur. Grant's golden mole particularly specialises in eating termites.
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To complicate matters, recent research (Murphy et al., 2001) suggests that tenrecs and golden moles also do not belong in this group; rather, they should be classified with other African groups such as hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, aardvarks, ...
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for the paenungulates, although they are no longer associated with the true ungulates, they DO have a strong evolutionary relationship with each other. These four orders, along with the the elephant shrews (Macroscelidea) and tenrecs and golden moles ...
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The golden moles of S Africa are members of the insectivorous family Chrysochloridae; they are burrowing animals with bright golden fur.
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 See also: Shrew, Elephant, Tenrecs, Aardvark, Manatee
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