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Genus
Talpa
Linnaeus, 1758
- Old World moles
(mammal)
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Entity:
Talpini (Tribe)
..Euroscaptor (Genus)
..Mogera (Genus) - East Asian moles
..Parascaptor (Genus)
..Scaptochirus (Genus) - short-faced mole
..Talpa (Genus) - Old World moles
....Talpa altaica (Species) - Siberian mole
....Talpa caeca (Species) - Mediterranean mole
....Talpa caucasica (Species) - Caucasian mole
....Talpa davidiana (Species)
....Talpa europaea (Species) - European mole
....Talpa levantis (Species)
....Talpa occidentalis (Species)
....Talpa romana (Species) - Roman mole
....Talpa stankovici (Species)
....†Talpa tyrrhenica (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 52.
Types
Type of
:
Talpini
(Tribe)
Batsch, 1788
Type, by original designation
:
Talpa europaea
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Talpa
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Junior synonym
:
Asioscaptor
(Genus)
Schwarz, 1948
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 307.
Junior synonym
:
Heterotalpa
(Genus)
Peters, 1863
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 307.
Junior synonym
:
Talpops
(Genus)
Gervais, 1868
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 307.
Synonymous name
:
Eoscalops
(Genus)
Stroganov, 1941
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Asioscalops
(Genus)
Stroganov, 1941
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 307.
Including
:
Euroscaptor
(Genus)
Miller, 1940
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Mogera
(Genus)
Pomel, 1848
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
Parascaptor
(Genus)
Gill, 1875
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
Scaptochirus
(Genus)
Milne-Edwards, 1867
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Old World moles
:
Eurasian moles
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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