Uropsilus leptocranium
Li Yixian & Jiang Xuelong in Li Yixian, Li Quan, Song Wenyu, Li Xueyou, Onditi, Pei Xiaoxin, Wang Hongjiao, Fu Changkun, Liu Shaoying, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong, 2026
Slender Skull Shrew Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Talpoidea |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Uropsilinae |
| Genus | : Uropsilus |
Species status
Authority citation
Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Uropsilus leptocranium
Type material
KIZ 022457
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mt. Wuding, Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County, Yunnan Province, China (25.874 ° N, 100.755 ° E; 3, 194 m a.s.l.)"
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108652
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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