Alpiscaptulus medogensis
Jiang Xuelong & Chen Zhongzheng in Chen Zhongzheng, He Shuiwang, Hu Wenhao, Song Wenyu, Onditi, Li Xueyou, & Jiang Xuelong, 2021
Medog Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Scalopinae |
| Tribe | : Scalopini |
| Genus | : Alpiscaptulus |
Species status
Authority citation
Chen, Z.-z., He, S.-w., Hu, W.-h., Song, W.-y., Onditi, K.O., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2021-01-08. Morphology and phylogeny of scalopine moles (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Scalopini) from the eastern Himalayas, with descriptions of a new genus and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(2):432-444.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa172Original name as described
Alpiscaptulus medogensis
Type material
KIZ 037966
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mt Namjagbarwa, Damu Town, Medog County, south-east Tibet, China (29°44'32" N, 95°40'59" E), elevation approximately 3650 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described genus and species
Taxonomy notes citation
Chen, Z. Z., He, S. W., Hu, W. H., Song, W. Y., Onditi, K. O., Li, X. Y., & Jong, X. L. (2021). Morphology and phylogeny of scalopine moles (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Scalopini) from the eastern Himalayas, with descriptions of a new genus and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021, XX, 1-13.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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