Scaptonyx affinis
O. Thomas, 1912
Southern Long-tailed Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Talpinae |
| Tribe | : Scaptonychini |
| Genus | : Scaptonyx |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1912-05-01. On insectivores and rodents collected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward in N.W. Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(53):513-519.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639271Original name as described
Scaptonyx fusicaudatus affinis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.3.18.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d2906409-6bec-4b6d-b081-cd7f28e715d2Type locality
"12 miles S.E. of A-tun-tsi. 13,500' [Quzonggong]", Deqin County, NW Yunnan, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
split from S. fusicauda
Taxonomy notes citation
Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Hu, W.-h., Zhou, H.-W., Xie, M.-R., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-03-15. Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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