Mogera insularis

(Swinhoe, 1863)

Formosan Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Talpinae
Tribe : Talpini
Genus : Mogera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1862, 356

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577400

Original name as described

Talpa insularis

Other common names

Insular Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.24.19, RMNH.MAM.28701.a, RMNH.MAM.28701.b, RMNH.MAM.28702

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28701.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28701.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28702 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63498d91-7bba-4820-8122-6274390c3bf1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78ab6b87-abce-4c45-a195-01e70d3ecaf7

Type locality

"Island of Formosa (China)" (= Taiwan).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. latouchei and populations now attributed to the recently described M. kaoana

Taxonomy notes citation

Kawada, S. I., Shinohara, A., Kobayashi, S., Harada, M., Oda, S. I., & Lin, L. K. (2007). Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan. Systematics and Biodiversity, 5(2), 223-240. · Yasuda, M., & Kawada, S. I. (2007). Notes on the validity of Mogera montana Kishida, 1932, for a mountain mole from Taiwan. Mammal study, 32(4), 169-172.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004324

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.

Talpa insularis

(Swinhoe, 1863)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.24.19, RMNH.MAM.28701.a, RMNH.MAM.28701.b, RMNH.MAM.28702

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28701.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28701.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28702 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63498d91-7bba-4820-8122-6274390c3bf1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78ab6b87-abce-4c45-a195-01e70d3ecaf7

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577400

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mogera insularis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41463/22323693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mogera insularis insularis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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