Talpa asiatica Linnaeus,1758

(Fig. 38)

Talpa asiatica Linnaeus, 1758: 52 .

COMMON NAME. — Cape Golden Mole.

CURRENT NAME. — Chrysochloris asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) .

See Bronner & Jenkins (2005: 78) and Taylor et al. (2018: 201).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donated to François Péron or collected by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-2017-2291 (Fig. 38), nontype skin mount.

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 238.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.