Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Afrosoricida
- ---- family: Chrysochloridae
- ----- species: Chrysospalax villosus
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Characteristics: | carnivore;, body-length: 15 cm; long coarse hair on the back, lighter coloured on the underside and the face; no visible ears and tail, the eyes are covered with skin; |
Countries: | - ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 30 |