What is Yellow golden mole?
{{speciesbox | name = Yellow golden mole<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Bronner | pages = 81}}</ref> | image = Calcochloris obtusirostris Peters 1852.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | author = Bronner, G. | year = 2008 | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3519/0 | title = ''Calcochloris obtusirostris'' | access-date = 29 December 2008}}</ref> | genus = Calcochloris | species = obtusirostris | authority = ([[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1851) | synonyms = ''Calcochloris antedates<br>Chrysotricha obtusirostris<br>Huetia obtusirostris'' | range_map = Yellow Golden Mole area.png | range_map_caption = Yellow golden mole range }} The '''yellow golden mole''' (''Calcochloris obtusirostris'') is a type of [[mammal]] in the family [[Chrysochloridae]]. It is found in [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], and [[Zimbabwe]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical or tropical dry forest]], [[subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest]], dry [[savanna]], moist savanna, [[arable land]], pastureland, [[plantation]]s, and rural [[garden]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Entomology|first1=Sarita Maree (Department of Zoology and|last2=Pretoria|first2=The University of|last3=Pretoria|last4=Africa)|first4=South|date=2014-02-24|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Calcochloris obtusirostris|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2020-10-29|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> Yellow golden moles like to dig at the base of trees and make underground nests. It mainly eats [[insect]]s, bugs, small [[lizards]], [[flies]], and other tiny animals found underground. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]