Neurotrichus Günther 1880 (shrew mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae

Subtaxa: Neurotrichus gibbsii Neurotrichus polonicus Neurotrichus skoczeni

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Poland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Poland (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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