CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



8. Crocidura cyanea, Duv. 



9. Crocidura argentata, Sund. 



10. Crocidura deserti, Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, i. p. 103. 



11. Crocidura sylvia, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, p. 587. 



12. Crocidura pondoensis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913, 



p. 71. 



13. Crocidura bicolor, Boc. 



1. Myosorex varius, Smuts. Smut's Shrew. 



2. Myosorex coffer, Sund. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913. 



3. Myosorex sclateri typicus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. 



p. 131. 



4 Myosorex sclateri affinis, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. 

 p. 263. 



5. Myosorex sclateri talpinus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. 



P- 263. 



6. Myosorex tennis, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. p. 131. 



7. Myosorex swinnyi, Chubb. Ann. Trans. Mus., i. No. 2, Supp. 



1908. 



Family : CHRYSOCHLORIS 

 (The Golden Moles) 



Small tailless animals with soft short fur bodies adapted for 

 an underground life ; eyes rudimentary, represented by tiny 

 black spots beneath the skin ; middle toe of each front foot with 

 a very large and strong digging claw. 



This family is confined to South and Central Africa. 



South African species 



1. Chrysospalax villosa, A. Smith. Rough-haired Golden Mole. 



Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, p. 163. 



2. Chrysospalax trevelyani, Gunth. Giant Golden Mole. 



3. Chrysospalax pratensis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913, 



p. 74. 



1. Chrysochloris asiatica, Linn, (aurea of Sclater). Cape Golden 



Mole. 



2. Chrysochloris wintoni, Broom. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



19, p. 264 (1907). 



3. Chrysochloris namaquensis, Broom. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



19, p. 266 (1907). 



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