Scaptochirus moschatus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Short-faced Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammifères du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (5)7:375-377.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127046

Original name as described

Scaptochirus moschatus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-259

Type locality

"En Mongolie." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1910 to "Swanhwafu, 100 mi [= 161 km] NW of Peking, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Mongolia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004333

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 leptura

(O. Thomas, 1881)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.6.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80c10ac1-3000-4340-9e89-30e32cd8731b

Authority page

470

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24722969

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Scaptochirus gilliesi

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Talpidae

Root name

gilliesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ccdce51-b187-4296-a5fa-a69215b2fac4

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094779

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Scaptochirus moschatus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Family

Talpidae

Root name

moschatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-259

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127046

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41476/115188844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scaptochirus davidianus

Swinhoe, 1871

Family

Talpidae

Root name

davidianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-259

Authority page

620

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555482

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Parascaptor grandidens

(Stroganov, 1941)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

grandidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6372

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

270

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

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

Talpa moschata

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

moschata

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)

Scaptochirus moschatus gilliesi

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Talpidae

Root name

gilliesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Scaptochirus moschatus grandidens

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Talpidae

Root name

grandidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Scaptochirus moschiferus

Heude, 1898

Family

Talpidae

Root name

moschiferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

Chiroscaptor sinensis

(Heude, 1898)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

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