Talpa ognevi

Stroganov, 1944

Ognev'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

Authority citation

C.R. Acad. Sci. U.R.S.S. 44, 3: 121 [Доклады Академии наук СССР]

Original name as described

Talpa romana ognevi

Type material

ZIN S. 13239

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bakuriani, Borzhomskiy Rayon, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Georgia · Turkey · Armenia?

Taxonomy notes

split from T. caucasica

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004343

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 romana ognevi

Stroganov, 1944

Family

Talpidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 13239

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Talpa caucasica ognevi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Talpa ognevi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Talpidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221753106/221753660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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