Additional material of the enigmatic golden mole Cryptochloris zyli, with notes on the genus Cryptochloris (Mammalia : Chrysochloridae)

Van Zyl's golden mole (Cryptochloris zyli) is a distinctive but little-know n species from the northwestern Cape Province of South Africa. Many authors have mentioned that it is known only by the holotype. Two other specimens are now known to exist; one was discovered in the Museum of Comparative Zoo logy at Harvard University, and the other, which has been mentioned in publ ication but overlooked, is in the Natural History Museum in London. Differe ntiation of C. zyli from sympatric chrysochlorids, and from its congener C, wintoni, are discussed.