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De Winton's golden mole is known from a single location. It occupies the same range as Grant's golden mole and the two may have been confused. However, phylogenetic evidence indicates that they are different species, based on differences in the skull, the shape of the malleus and the number of vertebrae .
Researchers say they’ve rediscovered the De Winton’s golden mole, which has been thought lost since it was last seen in 1937. Researchers say they’ve rediscovered the De Winton’s golden ...
The De Winton's golden mole -- a small, blind burrower with “super-hearing powers” that eats insects -- was found to be still alive on a beach in Port Nolloth on the west coast of South Africa ...
A blind mole that glides through sand has been spotted in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct.
Amblysomus [1] (also narrow-headed golden mole or South African golden mole) is a genus of the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae, [2] comprising five species of the small, insect-eating, burrowing mammals endemic to Southern Africa. All five species can be found in South Africa and some are also found in Eswatini and Lesotho. [3]
Cryptochloris [1] is a genus of golden moles, containing the two species De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) and Van Zyl's golden mole (Cryptochloris zyli). References [ edit ]
Eulipotyphla (/ ˌ j uː l ɪ p oʊ ˈ t ɪ f l ə /, from eu-+ Lipotyphla, meaning truly lacking blind gut; [1] sometimes called true insectivores [2]) is an order of mammals comprising the Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures); Solenodontidae (solenodons); Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans); and Soricidae (true shrews) families.
William Edward de Winton (6 September 1856 – 30 August 1922) was a British zoologist. He traveled widely, and discovered a number of previously undescribed cricetid species. His East Africa photo collection, from the late 1890s, is kept at the London Natural History Museum .