Cryptochloris

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Ordo: Afrosoricida
Familia: Chrysochloridae
Subfamilia: Chrysochlorinae
Genus: Cryptochloris
Species: C. wintoni - C. zyli

Name

Cryptochloris Shortridge & Carter, 1938

Type species: Cryptochloris zyli Shortridge & Carter, 1938.

References

* Shortridge, G. C., and T. D. Carter. 1938. "A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the north-west Cape Province; and a new subspecies of Gerbillus paeba from the eastern Cape Province." Annals of the South African Museum, 3(2):281-291 (284).
* Cryptochloris on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Cryptochloris Shortridge and Carter, 1938 Report on ITIS

Cryptochloris 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

1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 79. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100080.