Calcochloris tytonis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	AFROSORICIDA	CHRYSOCHLORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Calcochloris tytonis

Species Authority:

(Simonetta, 1968)

Common Name/s:

English

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Somali Golden Mole

Synonym/s:

Chlorotalpa tytonis

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Bronner, G.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
Known from only a partial specimen collected at the type locality in 1964, with no subsequent records thereof (though this may reflect a lack of sampling). Further research is needed to clarify its systematic and conservation status. The species is therefore assessed as Data Deficient.

History:

2006	–	Data Deficient (IUCN 2006)
1996	–	Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from a single specimen (partial owl pellet remains) collected from the type locality at Giohar, Somalia.
Countries:	Native: Somalia
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Known only from the incomplete remains collected from an owl pellet.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Dense bush and savanna of the Somali Peninsula (Agnelli et al. 1988).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

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

Major Threat(s):

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

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Research is needed to ascertain the generic affinities and systematic status of this species, and to document its distributional limits.

Conservation Actions:

Research is needed to ascertain the generic affinities and systematic status of this species, and to document its distributional limits.

Citation:	Bronner, G. 2008. Calcochloris tytonis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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