Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-04-01. New insectivores and voles collected by Mr. A. Robert near Trebizond. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(100):415-421.

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Original name as described

Talpa coeca levantis

Other common names

Levantine Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.6.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Scalita [= Antidere], S. of Trebizond [= Trabzon]," Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. talyschensis and T. transcaucasica (although some authorities have retained the taxon under T. levantis)

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. · Demırtaş, S., Silsüpür, M., Searle, J. B., Bilton, D., & Gündüz, İ. (2020). What should we call the Levant mole? Unravelling the systematics and demography of Talpa levantis Thomas, 1906 sensu lato (Mammalia: Talpidae). Mammalian Biology, 100(1), 1-18. · Kefelioğlu, H., Kryštufek, B., Selçuk, A. Y., Hutterer, R., & Astrin, J. J. Taxonomic revision of the Levant moles of Turkey (Mammalia: Talpidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 69(2), 275–291. · Gündüz, İ., Demirtaş, S., Silsüpür, M., Özmen, M., Polly, P. D., & Bilton, D. T. (2023). Notes from the Anatolian underground: two new mole taxa from Eastern Turkey, together with a revised phylogeny of the genus Talpa (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 199(3), 567-593.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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