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SPECIES Talpa altaica
Author: | Nikolsky, 1883. | Citation: | Trans. Soc. Nat. St. Petersburg, 14: 165. | Common Name: | Altai Mole | Type Locality: | Russia, Siberia, Altai Mtns, Valley of Tourak. | Distribution: | Taiga zone of Siberia between Ob and Lena Rivers; south to N Mongolia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Placed by Yudin (1989:52) in genus Asioscalops; but see Corbet (1978c:33). Kratochvíl and Kral (1972) provided karyological evidence for a separation of altaica from the remaining Talpa species. |
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gusevi (Fetisov, 1956) irkutensis Dybowski, 1922 saianensis Bielovusev, 1921 salairica Egorin, 1936 salairici Corbet, 1978 sibirica Egorin, 1937 suschkini Kastschenko, 1905 tymensis Egorin, 1937
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