Uropsilus atronates

(G. M. Allen, 1923)

Black-backed Shrew Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Uropsilinae
Genus : Uropsilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Original name as described

Rhynchonax andersoni atronates

Type material

AMNH M-44343

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mu-cheng, Salween drainage, southwestern Yunnan, 7000 feet [= 2134 m] altitude," China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from U. gracilis; incudes jingdongensis, which a nomen nudum recently included in the phylogenetic figures and suppemental material of Hu et al., 2021

Taxonomy notes citation

Wan, T., He, K., & Jiang, X. L. (2013). Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1), 232.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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