De Winton's Golden Mole

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Context

• De Winton's Golden Mole, last sighted in 1937, has been found alive swimming through sand dunes in South Africa.

De Winton's Golden Mole

• De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) is a species of mammal in the family
• De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) is an elusive blind mole that "swims" through sand.
• It lives in inaccessible burrows and has a shimmering, iridescent coat.
• It has only ever been recorded in one location — Port Nolloth, on South Africa's northwest coast — where it was last sighted in 1937.
• It is endemic to South Africa.
• Its natural habitats are subtropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and sandy shores.
• It is threatened by habitat destruction and is "critically endangered".