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 fondoensis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 191 3, 



p. 71. 



13. Crocidura bicolor, Boc. 



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



2. Myosorex caffer, Sund. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 191 3. 



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 tenuis, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. p. 131. 



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



1908. 



Family : Chkysochloris 

 {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. 



TThis 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. 191 3, 



p. 74. 



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



Mole. 



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



19, p. 464 (1907). 



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



19, p. 266 (1907). 



