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| credit: N. Souness |
lives in the sand dunes of the northwest coast. Near Port Nolloth, the habitat is currently unprotected and threatened by development. Researchers used a specially trained border collie to sniff out the blind rodents that live mostly underground. More than 100 sand samples were collected and tested for DNA shed by the burrowing moles. The DNA collected was compared to the DNA from a De Winton's mole specimen kept in a Ort Nolloth museum. De Winton's golden mole is one of twenty-five "most wanted" list. The Endangered Wildlife Trust hope to use the rediscovery to advocate for protection of the mole's habitat.