Duthie's golden mole is a small burrowing mammal with dark, glossy fur. It lives in coastal forests of South Africa and moves underground mainly at night.
It has a slender body and reddish-black to brownish-black fur with a green sheen. The chest is gray and the muzzle is pale.
Adults are solitary and mainly active at night. They forage through underground tunnels that radiate from beneath tree roots.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.