Talpa altaica

Nikolsky, 1883

Altai Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trans. Soc. Nat. St. Petersburg, vol. 14, 165

Original name as described

Talpa altaica

Other common names

Siberian Mole

Type locality

Valley of Tourak, Altai Mountain, Siberia Russian.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004334

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 altaica salairica

Egorin, 1936

Family

Talpidae

Root name

salairica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 6665

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

136-153

Authority publication

Известия государственного Томского университета

Name usages

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

Talpa altaica sibirica

Egorin, 1937

Family

Talpidae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 6669

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

48-49

Authority publication

Известия государственного Томского университета

Name usages

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

Talpa altaica tymensis

Egorin, 1937

Family

Talpidae

Root name

tymensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 6673

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

48-49

Authority publication

Известия государственного Томского университета

Name usages

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

Talpa altaica saianensis

Belousov, 1922

Family

Talpidae

Root name

saianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xviii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482593

Authority publication

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

Name usages

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

salairici

Corbet, 1978

Family

Talpidae

Root name

salairici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

34

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Hutterer (2005:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Talpa altaica

Nikolsky, 1883

Family

Talpidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Transactions de la Société des Naturalistes de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41478/22321277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Talpa caeca var. suschkini

Kastschenko, 1905

Family

Talpidae

Root name

suschkini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Tomsk

Name usages

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

Talpa europaea var. irkutensis

Dybowski, 1922

Family

Talpidae

Root name

irkutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

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

Asioscalops altaica gusevi

(Fetisov, 1956)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

gusevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Izv. Bio-geogr. n.-i. in-ta, Irkutsk

Name usages

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

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