Talpa davidiana
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1884)
Pere David's 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
Milne-Edwards, A. 1884. Sur la classification des Taupes de l'ancien continent. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 99(26):1141-1143.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4808417Original name as described
Scaptochirus davidianus
Other common names
Persian Mole
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1883-469
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1883-469Type locality
Meydanekbez, south-west of Gaziantep, Turkey.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey · Syria?
Taxonomy notes
previously included T. streeti
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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