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/4808417

Original 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-1883-469

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004338

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.

Scaptochirus davidianus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1884)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

davidiana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1883-469

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1883-469

Authority page

1143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4808417

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Talpa davidiana tatvanensis

Gündüz, Demirtaş, Silsüpür, Özmen, Polly, & Bilton, 2023

Family

Talpidae

Root name

tatvanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

OMUS IG/SD 1530

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

585

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Talpa davidiana

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

davidiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #135458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135458/22321046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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