Calcochloris leucorhinus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	AFROSORICIDA	CHRYSOCHLORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Calcochloris leucorhinus

Species Authority:

(Huet, 1885)

Common Name/s:

English

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Congo Golden Mole

Synonym/s:

Chlorotalpa leucorhina (Huet, 1885)

Taxonomic Notes:

Assigned to the subgenus Huetia (see Bronner 1995). Included in Chrysochloris by Allen (1939); in Amblysomus by Simonetta (1968) and Petter (1981). Two subspecies are recognized: C. l. leucorhinus and C. l. cahni.

Craniometric analyses indicate, however, that C. leucorhinus should provisionally be included in Calcochloris (Bronner 1995). Following Meester (1974), congicus and lulanus are considered synonyms of leucorhinus.

Two subspecies: C. l. leucorhinus and C. l. cahni. The validity of these subspecies is, however, far from certain owing to the few specimens available for study (Bronner 1995).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Bronner, G.

Reviewer/s:

Rathbun, G. (Afrotheria Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Insufficient data on distribution, the systematic status of known populations, and the threats faced by these. Data Deficient status warranted as more research is needed to clarify conservation status.

History:

2006	–	Data Deficient (IUCN 2006)
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Recorded only from scattered localities in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic. C. l. leucorhinus occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo southwards to northern Angola. C. l. cahni is known from Cameroon and Central African Republic. Variation in some dental characters (Bronner 1995) suggests that this taxon may include cryptic species.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	No data on abundance.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Lowland equatorial and montane forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is no information available on the major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There is no information available on the major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	it is not known whether this species occurs in any protected areas. Research is needed to determine the distribution limits and systematic status of this species and of described subspecies.

Conservation Actions:

it is not known whether this species occurs in any protected areas. Research is needed to determine the distribution limits and systematic status of this species and of described subspecies.

Bibliography [top]

	Afrotheria Specialist Group. 2004. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/afrotheria/ASG.html. Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1-763. Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Bronner, G. N. 1995. Systematic revision of the golden mole genera Amblysomus, Chlorotalpa and Calcochloris (Insectivora: Chrysochloromorpha; Chrysochloridae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Natal. Bronner, G. N. and Jenkins, P. D. 2005. Order Afrosoricida. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 70-81. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. Meester, J. 1974. Family Chrysochloridae. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA. Petter, F. 1981. Remarques sur la systématique des Chrysochloridés. Mammalia 45: 49–53. Simonetta A. M. 1968. A new golden mole from Somalia with an appendix on the taxonomy of the family Chrysochloridae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Monitore zoologici Italiano, Supplement 2: 27–55.

Afrotheria Specialist Group. 2004. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/afrotheria/ASG.html.

Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1-763.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Bronner, G. N. 1995. Systematic revision of the golden mole genera Amblysomus, Chlorotalpa and Calcochloris (Insectivora: Chrysochloromorpha; Chrysochloridae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Natal.

Bronner, G. N. and Jenkins, P. D. 2005. Order Afrosoricida. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 70-81. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Meester, J. 1974. Family Chrysochloridae. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA.

Petter, F. 1981. Remarques sur la systématique des Chrysochloridés. Mammalia 45: 49–53.

Simonetta A. M. 1968. A new golden mole from Somalia with an appendix on the taxonomy of the family Chrysochloridae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Monitore zoologici Italiano, Supplement 2: 27–55.

Citation:	Bronner, G. 2008. Calcochloris leucorhinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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