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SPECIES Talpa davidiana

Author:Milne-Edwards, 1884.
Citation:Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, 99: 1141.
Common Name:Père David's Mole
Type Locality:SE Turkey, "environs d'Akbès, sur les confins de la Syrie et de l'Asie Mineure" = Meydanekbez, SW Gaziantep.
Distribution:SE Turkey, NW Iran.
Status:IUCN – Critically Endangered as Talpa streeti.
Comments:Includes Talpa streeti, as already suggested by Grulich (1982). Kryštufek et al. (2001) revised the species, discussed the morphological variation, and mapped all known localities.
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Synonyms:

    streeti Lay, 1965
    streetorum Lay, 1967

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