Talpa caucasica

Satunin, 1908

Caucasian Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Satunin, K.A. 1908. Ueber die Maulwürfe Südrusslands und Kaukasiens. Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums 4:1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466417 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466427

Original name as described

Talpa coeca caucasica

Type locality

Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Georgia

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. ognevi

Taxonomy notes citation

Bannikova, A. A., Zemlemerova, E. D., Colangelo, P., Sözen, M., Sevindik, M., Kidov, A. A., Dzuev, R. I., Kryštufek, B. & Lebedev, V. S. (2015). An underground burst of diversity - a new look at the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Talpidae) as revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175, 930-948.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004337

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 coeca orientalis

Ognev, 1926

Family

Talpidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 13237

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Ученые Записки Северо-Кавказского института краеведения

Talpa caucasica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Talpidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

London

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221753755/221753922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Talpa caucasica caucasica

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Talpa caucasica orientalis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Talpa coeca caucasica

Satunin, 1908

Family

Talpidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5, 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466417 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466427

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

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