Family CHRYSOCHLORIDAE

(GOLDEN MOLES)

• Small fusiform body shape, short limbs, no visible tail, eyes covered in skin and notvisible, no visible ear pinnae, and variable pelage color.

* 8-23 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

• Subterranean in subtropical and tropical deserts, grasslands, and forests from sea level into mountains.

• 10 genera, 21 species, 42 taxa.

•] species Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 4 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.