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Author:G. Fischer, 1814.
Citation:Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrate, 3: x.
Comments:Subfamily systematics controversal. Cabrera (1925) proposed a division into five subfamilies, Yates (1984), Hutterer (1993a), and others used three subfamilies. Includes also the extinct Gaillardiinae Hutchison, 1968. Scalopinae is used here as a subfamily, contra Hutchison (1968) and others. Desmana and Galemys were often placed in a separate family, Desmanidae, or subfamily, Desmaninae; see Bobrinskii et al. (1965), and McKenna and Bell (1997). The present arrangement of subfamilies and tribes is mainly based on the genetic study of Shinohara et al. (2003). It deviates from the previous edition (Hutterer, 1993a) and from most other sources. Family reviewed by Gureev (1979); see also Gorman and Stone (1990). Relationships of recent moles discussed by Ziegler (1971), Yates and Moore (1990), Whidden (1990), and Shinohara et al. (2003). Systematics of North American forms reviewed by Yates and Greenbaum (1982); of Palearctic forms by Corbet (1978c); of Siberian forms by Yudin (1989); of Japanese forms by Abe (1988), Motokawa and Abe (1996), Motokawa et al. (2001b), Okamoto (1999), and Tsuchiya et al. (2000). Phylogeny of Urotrichini discussed by Storch and Qiu (1983). Skull morphology described by Koppers (1990), myology by Whidden (1990, and references therein). Karyotype data reviewed by Yates and Schmidly (1975) and Kawada et al. (2002b).
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SUBFAMILY Scalopinae

TRIBE Condylurini

GENUS Condylura

SPECIES cristata

SUBSPECIES cristata

SUBSPECIES nigra

TRIBE Scalopini

GENUS Parascalops

SPECIES breweri

GENUS Scalopus

SPECIES aquaticus

SUBSPECIES aquaticus

SUBSPECIES aereus

SUBSPECIES alleni

SUBSPECIES anastasae

SUBSPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES bassi

SUBSPECIES caryi

SUBSPECIES howelli

SUBSPECIES inflatus

SUBSPECIES machrinoides

SUBSPECIES machrinus

SUBSPECIES montanus

SUBSPECIES nanus

SUBSPECIES parvus

SUBSPECIES porteri

SUBSPECIES texanus

GENUS Scapanulus

SPECIES oweni

GENUS Scapanus

SPECIES latimanus

SUBSPECIES latimanus

SUBSPECIES anthonyi

SUBSPECIES campi

SUBSPECIES caurinus

SUBSPECIES dilatus

SUBSPECIES grinnelli

SUBSPECIES insularis

SUBSPECIES minusculus

SUBSPECIES monoensis

SUBSPECIES occultus

SUBSPECIES parvus

SUBSPECIES sericatus

SPECIES orarius

SUBSPECIES orarius

SUBSPECIES schefferi

SPECIES townsendii

SUBSPECIES townsendii

SUBSPECIES olympicus

SUBFAMILY Talpinae

TRIBE Desmanini

GENUS Desmana

SPECIES moschata

GENUS Galemys

SPECIES pyrenaicus

SUBSPECIES pyrenaicus

SUBSPECIES rufulus

TRIBE Neurotrichini

GENUS Neurotrichus

SPECIES gibbsii

SUBSPECIES gibbsii

SUBSPECIES hyacinthinus

SUBSPECIES minor

TRIBE Scaptonychini

GENUS Scaptonyx

SPECIES fusicaudus

TRIBE Talpini

GENUS Euroscaptor

SPECIES grandis

SPECIES klossi

SPECIES longirostris

SPECIES micrura

SPECIES mizura

SUBSPECIES mizura

SUBSPECIES othai

SPECIES parvidens

GENUS Mogera

SPECIES imaizumii

SPECIES insularis

SUBSPECIES insularis

SUBSPECIES hainana

SUBSPECIES latouchei

SPECIES tokudae

SUBSPECIES tokudae

SUBSPECIES etigo

SPECIES uchidai

SPECIES wogura

SUBSPECIES wogura

SUBSPECIES robusta

GENUS Parascaptor

SPECIES leucura

GENUS Scaptochirus

SPECIES moschatus

GENUS Talpa

SPECIES altaica

SPECIES caeca

SUBSPECIES caeca

SUBSPECIES augustana

SUBSPECIES hercegovinensis

SUBSPECIES steini

SPECIES caucasica

SUBSPECIES caucasica

SUBSPECIES ognevi

SUBSPECIES orientalis

SPECIES europaea

SUBSPECIES europaea

SUBSPECIES cinerea

SUBSPECIES velessiensis

SPECIES davidiana

SPECIES levantis

SUBSPECIES levantis

SUBSPECIES minima

SUBSPECIES talyschensis

SUBSPECIES transcaucasica

SPECIES occidentalis

SPECIES romana

SUBSPECIES romana

SUBSPECIES adamoi

SUBSPECIES aenigmatica

SUBSPECIES brachycrania

SUBSPECIES montana

SUBSPECIES wittei

SPECIES stankovici

SUBSPECIES stankovici

SUBSPECIES montenegrina

TRIBE Urotrichini

GENUS Dymecodon

SPECIES pilirostris

GENUS Urotrichus

SPECIES talpoides

SUBSPECIES talpoides

SUBSPECIES adversus

SUBSPECIES centralis

SUBSPECIES hondoensis

SUBSPECIES minutus

SUBFAMILY Uropsilinae

GENUS Uropsilus

SPECIES andersoni

SPECIES gracilis

SPECIES investigator

SPECIES soricipes

Synonyms:

    Desmaninae Thomas, 1912
    Myaladae Gray, 1821
    Myogalidae A. Milne-Edwards, 1868
    Myogalina Bonaparte, 1845
    Scalopidae Cope, 1889
    Talpinorum G. Fischer, 1814

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