Ellobius talpinus

(Pallas, 1770)

Northern Mole Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Ellobiusini
Genus : Ellobius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1770. Descriptiones quadrupedum et avium anno 1769. observatarum. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):548-592.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914469

Original name as described

Mus talpinus

Type locality

between Kuibyshev (= Samara) and Kostytchi, W bank of Volga River, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ukraine · Mongolia · China · Russia · Kazakhstan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Iran · Afghanistan

Taxonomy notes

E. talpinus likely represents a species complex of at least three species, talpinus, rufescens, and orientalis, all three of which are tentatively included under a single species pending further resolution

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V., Bogdanov, A., Brandler, O., Melnikova, M., Enkhbat, U., Tukhbatullin, A., ... & Bannikova, A. (2020). Cryptic variation in mole voles Ellobius (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) of Mongolia. Zoologica Scripta, 49(5), 535-548. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002135

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus talpinus

(Pallas, 1770)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

568

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914469

Authority publication

Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Gmelin (1788:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Turton (1802:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  5. Goldfuss (1809:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  6. Pallas (1811:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Spalax minor

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

379

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873176

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:379, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Leske (1779:168, https://books.google.com/books?id=w09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  3. Borowski (1780:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus Myotalpa talpina nigra

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664270

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Mus Myotalpa talpina

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664270

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Sphalax talpinus

(Tiedemann, 1808)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Tiedemann (1808:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)

Spalax murinus

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114093

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Ellobius talpinus

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

viii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Severtsov (1873:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  4. Severtsov (1876:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  5. Blasius (1884:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30123816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68675)
  6. Allen (1895:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  7. Satunin (1905:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
  8. Kuznetsov (1932:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68874)
  9. Shidlovskiy (1962:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)
  10. Bibikov & Stogov (1963:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68884)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Musser & Carleton (1993:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  15. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  16. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  17. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7656/115085720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  23. Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Georychus talpinus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lichtenstein (1823:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  3. Lesson (1827:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Lemmus talpinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1816)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18034558

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1816:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18034558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60396)
  2. Desmarest (1822:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)

Talpoides minor

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

438

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Georrhychus talpinus

(Minding, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15243181

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Minding (1829:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15243181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56960)

Sphalax murinus

(Anonymous, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13397219

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Anonymous (1839:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13397219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69244)

Chthonergus murinus

(von Nordmann, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252031

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Nordmann (1839:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)

Lemmomys talpinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Georychus rufescens

(Eversmann, 1850)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 82107

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

175

Authority publication

Kazan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius talpinus, var. rufescens

Severtzov, 1876

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925059

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Severtsov (1876:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobuis talpinus

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894320

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1895:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)

Chthonoergus talpinus

(Schulze, 1897)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority publication

Helios – Abhandlungen und Mitteilungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

Schulze (1897:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Ellobius kashtchenkoi

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kashtchenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.9.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbc91168-4125-4aad-a0e8-a353d818e92d

Authority page

404

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639161

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Ellobius talpinus transcaspiae

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

transcaspiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.8.7.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b80a51c-570b-4068-9b3d-9ddcc3ff0274

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639162

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius kastschenkoi

Vinogradov, 1922

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kastschenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8483603

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Ellobius orientalis

G. M. Allen, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-57893

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-57893

Authority page

12

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius talpinus ciscaucasicus

Sviridenko, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ciscaucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius talpinus tanaiticus

Zubko, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tanaiticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

191

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancrei orientalis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Ellobius talpinus talpinus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius talpinus kashtchenkoi

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kashtchenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius talpinus orientalis

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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