Talpa transcaucasica
Dal', 1945
Transcaucasian Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Talpinae |
| Tribe | : Talpini |
| Genus | : Talpa |
| Subgenus | : Talpa |
Species status
Authority citation
Dal', S.K. 1945. Мелкие пушные звери Памбакского хребта. Зоологический сборник 3:47-69.
Original name as described
Talpa europaea transcaucasica
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Voskresenkowa, Kirovakan, Armenia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Russia
Taxonomy notes
split from T. levantis, although some authorities have retained this taxon as a synonym of T. levantis
Taxonomy notes citation
Demırtaş, S., Silsüpür, M., Searle, J. B., Bilton, D., & Gündüz, İ. (2020). What should we call the Levant mole? Unravelling the systematics and demography of Talpa levantis Thomas, 1906 sensu lato (Mammalia: Talpidae). Mammalian Biology, 100(1), 1-18. · Kefelioğlu, H., Kryštufek, B., Selçuk, A. Y., Hutterer, R., & Astrin, J. J. Taxonomic revision of the Levant moles of Turkey (Mammalia: Talpidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 69(2), 275–291. · Gündüz, İ., Demirtaş, S., Silsüpür, M., Özmen, M., Polly, P. D., & Bilton, D. T. (2023). Notes from the Anatolian underground: two new mole taxa from Eastern Turkey, together with a revised phylogeny of the genus Talpa (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 199(3), 567-593. · SELÇUK, A. Y., KAYA, A., & KEFELİOĞLU, H. (2025). Morphological, linear, and geometric morphometric differences (skull, mandible, and pelvis) among subspecies of Talpa levantis (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae) with molecular divergence (mtDNA and nuclear DNA). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 49(2), 103-119.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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