Congo golden mole
Huetia leucorhina (Huet, 1885)
The congo golden mole (Huetia leucorhina) is a species in the family Chrysochloridae, order Afrosoricida. Recorded adults weigh about 49.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
Quick facts about the congo golden mole
- Weight
- 49.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the congo golden mole live?
Not recorded
Is the congo golden mole endangered?
The congo golden mole is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.
How is the congo golden mole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderAfrosoricida
- familyChrysochloridae
- genusHuetia
- SpeciesHuetia leucorhina (Huet, 1885)
Synonyms Calcochloris leucorhinus, Chlorotalpa leucorhina, Chrysochloris leucorhina
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- خلد الكونغو الذهبيArabic
- Kongo-GoldmullGerman
- Χρυσός Τυφλοπόντικας του ΚονγκόGreek
- Topo Dorado del CongoSpanish
- kongonkultiainenFinnish
- Taupe dorée du CongoFrench
- コンゴキンモグラJapanese
- złotokrecinek kongijskiPolish
- Toupeira‑douradaPortuguese
Relatives of the congo golden mole
Other species in the same genus Huetia.
Somali golden mole
Huetia tytonis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the congo golden mole?
An adult congo golden mole weighs 49.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the congo golden mole endangered?
The congo golden mole is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the congo golden mole?
The congo golden mole (Huetia leucorhina) belongs to the family Chrysochloridae in the order Afrosoricida.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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