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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. Researchers say they’ve rediscovered the De Winton’s golden ...
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 .
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 ]
The De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) is critically endangered. Marley's golden mole (Amblysomus marleyi), Giant golden mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani), Van Zyl's golden mole (Cryptochloris zyli), Gunning's golden mole (Neamblysomus gunningi), and Juliana's golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae) are endangered. The topotypical ...
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 ...
Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Endangered blind sand mole rediscovered in ...
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)
A blind mole that glides through sand has been spotted in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct.