New species and subspecies of golden mole (Chrysochloridae: Amblysomus) from Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mammalia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-54

  Bronner, G N ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; RODENT; SUBSPECIES;

MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMBLYSOMUS HOTTENTOTUS; AMBLYSOMUS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 0033941699     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2000.64.1.41     Document Type: Article

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