Talpa occidentalis

Cabrera, 1907

Iberian 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

Cabrera, Á. 1907-09-01. Three new Spanish insectivores. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):212-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413453

Original name as described

Talpa cœca occidentalis

Other common names

Spanish Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.5.2 (= Cabrera collection 122)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f682942-b7d7-4f23-9e63-483b98b4e4ce

Type locality

"La Granja (Segovia)," Guadarrama Mountains, central Spain.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004342

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 cœca occidentalis

Cabrera, 1907

Family

Talpidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.5.2 (= Cabrera collection 122)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f682942-b7d7-4f23-9e63-483b98b4e4ce

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413453

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Cabrera (1907:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68772)

Talpa occidentalis

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Talpidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421311

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Hutterer (1993:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41483/2953593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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