Talpa talyschensis

Vereshchagin, 1945

Talysch 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

Vereshchagin, N.K. 1945. Новые фаунистические находки в Талыше. Priroda 6:67-68.

Original name as described

Talpa orientalis talyschensis

Type material

ZIN S. 31406

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Talysch Mountains, Azerbaijan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Iran

Taxonomy notes

split from 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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004346

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 orientalis talyschensis

Vereshchagin, 1945

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talyschensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 31406

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Priroda

Name usages

Vereshchagin (1945:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68593)

Talpa levantis talyschensis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talyschensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Talpa talyschensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talyschensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

609

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221754376/221754615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Talpa talyschesis

Kryštufek & Motokawa, 2018

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talyschesis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

609

Authority publication

Barcelona

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