Scapanus anthonyi

J. A. Allen, 1893

Mexican Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Scalopinae
Tribe : Scalopini
Genus : Scapanus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1893-08-18. On a collection of mammals from the San Pedro Martir region of Lower California: with notes on other species, particularly of the genus Sitomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(12):181-202.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897422

Original name as described

Scapanus anthonyi

Other common names

Blind Mole

Type material

AMNH MO-4947, AMNH MS-6313

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4947 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-6313

Type locality

"San Pedro Martir Mountains (alt. 7000 ft. [= 2134 m])," Baja California, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from S. latimanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Yates, T.L., & J. Salazar-Bravo. 2005. A revision of Scapanus latimanus, with the revalidation of a species of Mexican mole. Pp. 479-496 in Contribuciones mastozoológicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa (Sánchez-Cordero, V., y R. Medellín, eds.). Instituto de Biología e Instituto de Ecología, UNAM. Ciudad de México, México.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004304

Country distribution map

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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.

Scapanus anthonyi

J. A. Allen, 1893

Family

Talpidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-4947, AMNH MS-6313

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4947 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-6313

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897422

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Scapanus latimanus anthonyi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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