Dymecodon pilirostris

F. W. True, 1886

True's Shrew Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Talpinae
Tribe : Urotrichini
Genus : Dymecodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

True, F.W. 1886-09-02. Description of a new genus and species of mole, _Dymecodon pilirostris_, from Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9:97-98.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600858

Original name as described

Dymecodon pilirostris

Other common names

Lesser Japanese Shrew Mole

Type material

USNM:MAMM:15291 (= USNM:MAMM:A22139)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb485d00-46c2-494b-80ea-69f775cb7591

Type locality

"Yenosima [= Enoshima], at the mouth of the Bay Yeddo [= Tokyo Bay]," Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004348

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.

Dymecodon pilirostris

F. W. True, 1886

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pilirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:15291 (= USNM:MAMM:A22139)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb485d00-46c2-494b-80ea-69f775cb7591

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600858

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41488/22323252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dymecodon dewanus

Kishida, 1950

Family

Talpidae

Root name

dewanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

165

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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