What is Golden mole?
{{automatic taxobox | taxon = Chrysochloridae | name = Golden moles<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Bronner|pages=77–81|id=11100051}}</ref> | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Lutetian|Recent|ref=<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=105–113 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8f1_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20BC,105-113.pdf |access-date=2020-12-04 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118041226/http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8f1_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20BC,105-113.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = {{species list |[[Eremitalpa]]|Roberts, 1924 |[[Chrysospalax]]|Gill, 1883 |[[Chrysochloris]]|Lacépède, 1799 |[[Cryptochloris]]|Shortridge & Carter, 1938 |[[Carpitalpa]]|Lundholm, 1955 |[[Chlorotalpa]]|Roberts, 1924 |[[Calcochloris]]|Mivart, 1867 |{{extinct}}[[Damarachloris]]|Pickford, 2019 |[[Amblysomus]]|Pomel, 1848 |[[Neamblysomus]]|Roberts, 1924 }} | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825 | parent_authority = [[Robert Broom|Broom]], 1915}} '''Golden moles''' are small, insectivorous burrowing [[mammal]]s native to southern [[Africa]]. They form the family '''Chrysochloridae'''.<ref>Savage R.J.G. & Long M.R. 1986. ''Mammal evolution: an illustrated guide''. New York: Facts on File, p53. {{ISBN|0-8160-1194-X}}</ref> They are [[Taxonomy|taxonomically]] distinct from the [[mole|true moles]]. They look alike because of [[convergent evolution]]. The golden moles bear a remarkable resemblance to the [[marsupial mole]]s of [[Australia]]. They live almost exclusively underground, beneath [[grassland]], [[forest]], [[swamp]]s, [[deserts]], or [[mountain]]ous terrain. Like several other burrowing mammals with similar habits, they have short legs with powerful digging [[claw]]s, very dense [[fur]] that