Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Afrosoricida Stanhope, 1998
       Suborder Chrysochloridea Broom, 1915
         Family Chrysochloridae Gray, 1825 - golden moles
           Subfamily Amblysominae Simonetta, 1957
             Genus Calcochloris Mivart, 1867, nom. nud. - yellow golden mole
               Calcochloris obtusirostris (Peters, 1851) - yellow golden mole
                 Calcochloris obtusirostris chrysillus (Thomas & Schwann, 1905)