However, more recent research has shown that golden moles are more closely related to elephants than true moles.

然而，最近的研究表明，金痣与大象的关系比真痣更密切。

When we think about the moles, moles and golden moles were thought for a long time to belong to the same clade of mammals.

当我们想到痣时，很长一段时间以来，人们认为痣和金痣属于同一哺乳动物进化枝。

And Namib Desert golden moles regularly stick their heads into the sand, which likely helps them use their large, club-like middle ear bones to sense low-frequency activity in mounds more than 20 meters away.

纳米布沙漠金色鼹鼠经常把头插进沙子里，这很可能有助于它们利用大如棍棒的中耳骨来感知 20 多米外土丘上的低频活动。