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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Scalopus
Geoffroy, 1803
- eastern American mole
(mammal)
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Entity:
Scalopina (Subtribe)
..†Scapanoscapter (Genus)
..Scapanus (Genus) - western American moles
..Scalopus (Genus) - eastern American mole
....Scalopus aquaticus (Species) - eastern American mole
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803:77-78.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Scalopina
(Subtribe)
Trouessart, 1879
Type of
:
Scalopinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1875
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 301.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Scalopini
(Tribe)
Gill, 1875
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 301.
[implicit]
Type, by original designation
:
Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Scalops
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
PBDB
: 11 Sep 2019.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
eastern American mole
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