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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Talpidae
--> SUBFAMILY Talpinae
--> TRIBE Talpini
--> GENUS Scaptochirus
SPECIES Scaptochirus moschatus
| Author: | Milne-Edwards, 1867. | | Citation: | Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 7: 375. | | Common Name: | Short-faced Mole | | Type Locality: | "En Mongolie"; Swanhwafu, 100 mi. (= 161 km) NW of Peking, China. | | Distribution: | NE China: Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Included in Talpa micrura by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966:40); but see Corbet (1978c:36). Grulich (1982) pointed out that Scaptochirus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1884, often regarded as a synonym of moschatus, is a species of Talpa; see under Talpa davidiana. Karyotype (2n = 48, FN = 54-56) described by Kawada et al. (2002b). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
davidianus Swinhoe, 1879
gilliesi Thomas, 1910
grandidens (Stroganov, 1941)
leptura (Thomas, 1881)
moschiferus Heude, 1898
sinensis (Heude, 1898)
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