Robust golden mole
{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
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| name = Robust golden mole{{MSW3 Afrosoricida | id = 11100099 | page = 80}}
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Amblysomus
| species = robustus
| authority = Bronner, 2000
| synonyms = Amblysomus hottentotus robustus
| range_map = Robust Golden Mole area.png
| range_map_caption = Robust golden mole range
}}
The robust golden mole (Amblysomus robustus) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae. It is endemic to parts of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.{{Cite book |last=Rampartab, Bronner |title=A conservation assessment of Amblysomus robustus in Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT, editors. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. |publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust |year=2016 |location=South Africa}} Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, temperate and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
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Category:Endemic fauna of South Africa
Category:Mammals of South Africa
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Mammals described in 2000
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