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.

Original name as described

Scaptochirus davidianus

Other common names

Persian Mole

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1883-469

Type kind

holotype

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

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