Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 81

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scientific name	Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968
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Calcochloris tytonis Simonetta 1968 , Monitore Zool. Ital., n. s., 2 (suppl.): 31.

Type Locality: Somalia, Giohar (= Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi).

Vernacular Names: Somali Golden Mole.

Distribution: Known only from the type specimen.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as Chlorotalpa tytonis .

Discussion: Subgenus incertae sedis ( Bronner 1995 a). Assigned to Amblysomus by Simonetta (1968:31) and Petter (1981 a); Meester (1974) placed this species in Chlorotalpa .