Urotrichus talpoides

Temminck, 1841

Japanese Shrew Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Het. Instit. K. Ned. Inst., 215

Original name as described

Urotrichus talpoides

Other common names

Greater Japanese Shrew Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.12.27.6, BMNH:Mamm:1844.2.2.94, RMNH.MAM.16251, RMNH.MAM.16252, RMNH.MAM.16253, RMNH.MAM.16254, RMNH.MAM.39018, RMNH.MAM.39019, RMNH.MAM.39020, RMNH.MAM.39021, RMNH.MAM.39022, RMNH.MAM.39023, RMNH.MAM.39024, RMNH.MAM.39025, RMNH.MAM.39026, RMNH.MAM.39027, RMNH.MAM.39028, RMNH.MAM.39029, RMNH.MAM.39030, RMNH.MAM.39372

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16251 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16252 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16253 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16254 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39018 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39019 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39020 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39021 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39022 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39023 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39024 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39025 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39026 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39027 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39028 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39029 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39030 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39372 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8451b7a3-d807-4a48-8071-254d75ac1636 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb1e04c5-005a-4133-a9fb-8fe680be6833

Type locality

"Kiu-siu [= Kyushu Island]," Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004349

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.

Urotrichus talpoides

Temminck, 1841

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.12.27.6, BMNH:Mamm:1844.2.2.94, RMNH.MAM.16251, RMNH.MAM.16252, RMNH.MAM.16253, RMNH.MAM.16254, RMNH.MAM.39018, RMNH.MAM.39019, RMNH.MAM.39020, RMNH.MAM.39021, RMNH.MAM.39022, RMNH.MAM.39023, RMNH.MAM.39024, RMNH.MAM.39025, RMNH.MAM.39026, RMNH.MAM.39027, RMNH.MAM.39028, RMNH.MAM.39029, RMNH.MAM.39030, RMNH.MAM.39372

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16251 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16252 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16253 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16254 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39018 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39019 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39020 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39021 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39022 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39023 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39024 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39025 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39026 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39027 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39028 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39029 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39030 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39372 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8451b7a3-d807-4a48-8071-254d75ac1636 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb1e04c5-005a-4133-a9fb-8fe680be6833

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1843:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:106, 107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41489/22323186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Urotrichus talpoides centralis

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Talpidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.68

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89704301-9f4e-4283-a2a5-6884d307cf54

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209551

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Urotrichus talpoides hondonis

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Talpidae

Root name

hondonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.97

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209552

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Urotrichus talpoides adversus

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Talpidae

Root name

adversus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.2.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5980dd2f-b291-498f-b5e2-0afad7b7cb34

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209550

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Urotrichus talpoides minutus

Tokuda, 1932

Family

Talpidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

580

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonicae

Name usages

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

Urotrichus talpoides shinanensis

Yagi, 1927

Family

Talpidae

Root name

shinanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

201

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Urotrichus talpoides yokohamanis

Kanda, 1929

Family

Talpidae

Root name

yokohamanis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Urotrichus pilirostris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pilirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Urotrichus talpoides talpoides

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Urotrichus talpoïdes

Temminck, 1839

Family

Talpidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13475080

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Urotrichus talpoides pilirostris

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pilirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

342

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888075

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Urotrichus talpoides hondoensis

Saito, 1965

Family

Talpidae

Root name

hondoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Japanese Journal of Ecology

Name usages

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

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