''Euroscaptor'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
mammal in the family
Talpidae
The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean ...
. Members are found in
China and
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
&
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. It contains the following species as of October 2021:
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Greater Chinese mole
The greater Chinese mole (''Euroscaptor grandis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in China and potentially Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions re ...
(''Euroscaptor grandis'')
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Kloss's mole (''Euroscaptor klossi'')
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Kuznetsov's mole
Kuznetsov's mole (''Euroscaptor kuznetsovi'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in northern Vietnam and southern China. It was named after Russian mammalogist German V. Kuznetsov of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Tax ...
(''Euroscaptor kuznetsovi'')
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Long-nosed mole (''Euroscaptor longirostris'')
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Malaysian mole
The Malaysian mole (''Euroscaptor malayanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to the highlands of peninsular Malaysia, making it the southernmost known species of mole.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly classifie ...
(''Euroscaptor malayanus'')
Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a true species ''Euroscaptor malayana''
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* Himalayan mole
The Himalayan mole (''Euroscaptor micrurus'') or short-tailed mole is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.
Taxonomy
The Malaysian mole (''E. malayanus'') of peninsular Malaysia was sometimes (erroneously) considered to be a population ...
(''Euroscaptor micrurus'')
* Ngoc Linh mole (''Euroscaptor ngoclinhensis'')
*Orlov's mole
Orlov's mole (''Euroscaptor orlovi'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is known from northern Vietnam, southern China, and possibly Laos. It was named after Russian zoologist Nikolai L. Orlov of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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(''Euroscaptor orlovi'')
* Small-toothed mole
The small-toothed mole (''Euroscaptor parvidens'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Di Linh, in southern Vietnam, and Rakho near the border of Vietnam and China, and in southern Yunnan, China, near the Vietnamese bor ...
(''Euroscaptor parvidens'')
* Vietnamese mole
The Vietnamese mole (''Euroscaptor subanura'') is a species of talpine mole found in Vietnam.
The species was first identified in December 2008 in the foothills of the Tam Dao mountains in northern Vietnam. At the time of the formal description ...
(''Euroscaptor subanura'')
References
Euroscaptor
Mammal genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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