Grant's golden mole: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Grant's golden mole Eremitalpa granti Least concern

Where the Grant's golden mole lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals on the world map

Grant's golden mole: Eremitalpa granti — Photo: The original uploader was Pfinge at French Wikipedia., Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Eremitalpa granti
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Afrosoricida
Family	Chrysochloridae

Where does the Grant's golden mole live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Grant's golden mole in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Namibia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Grant's golden mole endangered?

The Grant's golden mole’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Grant's golden mole?

The Grant's golden mole (Eremitalpa granti) is a mammal in the order Afrosoricida and the family Chrysochloridae, genus Eremitalpa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Grant's golden mole

Grant's golden mole (Eremitalpa granti; colloquially also: dune shark) is a golden mole species. It is the only member of the genus Eremitalpa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Grant's golden mole (revision 1313890691), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q965668 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).