Uropsilus gracilis

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Gracile 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-10-24. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.8., read a paper on Mammals collected in the Provinces of Sze-chwan and Yunnan, W. China. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 100:48-50.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Original name as described

Nasillus gracilis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98a636fd-f05a-4b31-a895-13fddde71fbf

Type locality

"Chin-fu-san [= Mount Jinfo]," near Nan-chwan (= Nanchuan), Chongqing, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included U. atronates and U. nivatus; includes binchuanensis and wulingensis, which are nomen nuda 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. · Hu, T. L., Xu, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, Y. X., Liao, R., Yang, G. D., ... & Zhang, B. W. (2021). Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research, 42(3), 294-299.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004353

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.

Nasillus gracilis

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98a636fd-f05a-4b31-a895-13fddde71fbf

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1912:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)

Uropsilus gracilis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Talpidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hutterer (1993:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41487/22321800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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