Arends'[1][3] golden mole (Carpitalpa arendsi) is a species of mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry, and moist montane forests, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pasture, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Chrysochloridae |
| Genus: | Carpitalpa Lundholm, 1955 |
| Species: | C. arendsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Carpitalpa arendsi (Lundholm, 1955)
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Chlorotalpa arendsi Lundholm, 1955 | |
It is the only species in the genus Carpitalpa. It was moved from the genus Chlorotalpa.[3]
It was first described by Lundholm, who named it for Nicolas Arends, taxidermist at the Kaffrarian Museum (now the Amathole Museum, in King William's Town, South Africa) who captured the specimen.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Bronner, G. N.; Bennett, N. C. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Skinner, J. D.; Chimimba, C. T. (eds.). The Mammals of the Southern African Sub-region. Cambridge University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0521844185.
- ^ a b Bronner, G. (2015). "Carpitalpa arendsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T40596A21289173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T40596A21289173.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Bronner, Gary N. (2013). "Arends' golden mole". Mammals of Africa. Vol. I. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-4081-2251-8.
- ^ Lundholm, B.G. (1955). "Descriptions of new mammals". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 22 (3): 279–303. hdl:10499/AJ2053.
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