Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Synonyms: Asioscalops Stroganov 1941, Eoscalops Stroganov 1941, Euroscaptor Miller 1940, Heterotalpa Peters 1863, Talpops Gervais 1868
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975
See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Hay 1930, Kurten 1968, Linnaeus 1758 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Talpa caeca Talpa episcopalis Talpa europaea Talpa fossilis Talpa gilothi Talpa gracilis Talpa minor Talpa minuta Talpa neagui Talpa praeglacialis Talpa romana Talpa tenuidentata Talpa tyrrhenica Talpa vallesensis
Type: Talpa europaea
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (11), Germany (16), Greece (3), Hungary (21), Israel (1), Italy (29), Kazakhstan (1), Monaco (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (9), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Austria (2), France (2), Germany (2), Hungary (7), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (2), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Austria (8), the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Germany (9), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 186 collections including 237 occurrences
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