Mogera latouchei

O. Thomas, 1907

La Touche's 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-10-09. The Duke of Bedford's zoological exploration in eastern Asia.-V. Second list of mammals from Korea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907(3):462-470.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31578803

Original name as described

Mogera latouchei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/554e78ff-a683-4df5-b597-76f65f90b9b7

Type locality

Kuatun, Fukien (= Fujian), China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

split from M. insularis

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004326

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.

Mogera latouchei

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Talpidae

Root name

latouchei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/554e78ff-a683-4df5-b597-76f65f90b9b7

Authority page

463

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31578803

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Talpa latouchei

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

latouchei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mogera insularis latouchei

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

latouchei

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)

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