Talpini is a
tribe of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s known as Old World
Moles. It is a division of the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Talpinae.
This tribe contains the following genera and species:
* Tribe Talpini
** Genus ''
Euroscaptor''
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Greater Chinese mole, ''E. grandis''
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Kloss's mole, ''E. 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 ...
, ''E. kuznetsovi''
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Long-nosed mole
The long-nosed mole (''Euroscaptor longirostris'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China, where it has a widespread distribution.
Orlov's mole (''E. orlovi'') and Kuznetsov's mole (''E. kuznetsovi''), both of wh ...
, ''E. 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 ...
, ''E. malayanus''
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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 ...
, ''E. micrurus''
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Ngoc Linh mole, ''E. ngoclinhensis''
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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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, ''E. orlovi''
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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 ...
, ''E. parvidens''
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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 ...
, ''E. subanura''
** Genus ''
Mogera''
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Echigo mole, ''M. etigo''
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Small Japanese mole, ''M. imaizumii''
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Insular mole, ''M. insularis''
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Kano's mole, ''M. kanoana''
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La Touche's mole, ''M. latouchei''
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Ussuri mole, ''M. robusta''
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Sado mole, ''M. tokudae''
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Senkaku mole, ''M. uchidai''
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Japanese mole, ''M. wogura''
** Genus ''
Oreoscaptor''
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Japanese mountain mole
The Japanese mountain mole (''Oreoscaptor mizura'') is a species of Old World mole in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Oreoscaptor''. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temp ...
, ''O. mizura''
** Genus ''
Parascaptor
The white-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convention ...
''
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White-tailed mole, ''P. leucura''
** Genus ''
Scaptochirus
The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic to China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...
'' - China
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Short-faced mole
The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic to China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...
, ''S. moschatus''
** Genus ''
Talpa''
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Altai mole
The Altai mole or Siberian mole (''Talpa altaica'') is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found throughout the taiga zone of south-central Siberia in Russia, as far south as northern Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
This mole lives in fore ...
, ''T. altaica''
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Aquitanian mole, ''T. aquitania''
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Blind mole, ''T. caeca''
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Caucasian mole, ''T. caucasica''
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Père David's mole, ''T. davidiana''
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European mole, ''T. europaea''
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Levant mole, ''T. levantis''
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Martino's mole, ''T. martinorum''
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Spanish mole, ''T. occidentalis''
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Ognev's mole, ''T. ognevi''
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Roman mole, ''T. romana''
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Balkan mole, ''T. stankovici''
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Talysch mole, ''T. talyschensis''
References
* Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Talpini.html
* Blackwell Synergy https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00087.x
* Cambridge Journals http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=219299
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Mammal tribes