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Grant's golden moles have long silky fur, which is coloured grey on cubs and sandy on older animals. With a length of 7.5 to 9 cm (3.0 to 3.5 in) and a weight of 15 to 25 g (0.53 to 0.88 oz) it is the smallest member of its species.
A blind mole that glides through sand has been spotted in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after ...
However, there have always been minority opinions suggesting that Tenrecoidea, or at least the golden moles, are not true lipotyphlans. For example, Robert Broom wrote in 1916 [ 10 ] that "examination of the skull confirms ... that Chrysochloris is not a near ally of Centetes " (i.e., Tenrec ecaudatus ) "and that it is not an Insectivore".
Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae (the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea ) and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles , family Talpidae , and other mole -like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble as a ...
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Researchers say they’ve rediscovered the De Winton’s golden mole, which has been thought lost since it was last seen in 1937.
No population estimates have been made for any afrosoricid species, though the De Winton's golden mole is classified as Critically Endangered and the giant golden mole, Gunning's golden mole, Jenkins's shrew tenrec, Juliana's golden mole, Marley's golden mole, northern shrew tenrec, and Van Zyl's golden mole are categorized as endangered species.
In 2017, De Winton's golden mole was listed among the 25 "most wanted lost" species for Re:wild's "Search for Lost Species" initiative, having not been seen since 1937. [6] [7] De Winton's golden mole was rediscovered in 2023 using data and samples from surveys conducted in 2021, including environmental DNA, burrow traces, and sniffer dogs. The ...