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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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Synonyms:

    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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