Record details

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:   11648
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226DB
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2006-04-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Afromontane forest and grassland
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   106010
Species name:   Chrysospalax trevelyani
Common name:   Giant Golden Mole -- Giant Golden Mole
Family:   Chrysochloridae
Record status:   QUESTIONABLE
Collector's species id:   Chrysopalax trevelyani
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-11648
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-27 15:00:51
Species name:   Chrysospalax trevelyani -- Giant Golden Mole; Giant Golden Mole
Species code:   106010
Comment number:   2
By:   Gary Bronner
Comment:   Chrysospalax trevelyani does not throw up mole mounds, even if it did these mounds cannot be discerned from those of Amblysomus hottentotus or molerats!
Date:   2015-05-01 13:45:35
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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