Chrysochloridae Gray 1825

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 : 77

Chrysochloridae Gray 1825

Chrysochloridae Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 335.

Genera: 9 genera with 21 species in 2 subfamilies:

Subfamily Chrysochlorinae Gray 1825

Genus Carpitalpa Lundholm 1955 (1 species)

Genus Chlorotalpa Roberts 1924 (2 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Chrysochloris Lacépède 1799 (3 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Chrysospalax Gill 1883 (2 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Cryptochloris Shortridge and Carter 1938 (2 species)

Genus Eremitalpa Roberts 1924 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Subfamily Amblysominae Simonetta 1957

Genus Amblysomus Pomel 1848 (5 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Calcochloris Mivart 1867 (3 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Neamblysomus Roberts 1924 (2 species)

Discussion: For widely divergent treatments see Simonetta (1968), Meester (1974), Meester et al. (1986) and Petter (1981 a). The treatment below follows Bronner (1995 a, 1996).