The Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica) is a mammal in the family Talpidae that is endemic to the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and Georgia.[1]
Caucasian mole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Talpidae |
Genus: | Talpa |
Species: | T. caucasica
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Binomial name | |
Talpa caucasica Satunin, 1908
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Caucasian mole range |
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Ognev's mole (T. ognevi) was formerly classified as a subspecies, but is now thought to be a distinct species.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Krystufek, B. (2016). "Talpa caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41480A22321383. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41480A22321383.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Bannikova, Anna A.; Zemlemerova, Elena D.; Colangelo, Paolo; Sözen, Mustafa; Sevindik, M.; Kidov, Artem A.; Dzuev, Ruslan I.; Kryštufek, Boris; Lebedev, Vladimir S. (2015-08-18). "An underground burst of diversity - a new look at the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Talpidae) as revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (4): 930–948. doi:10.1111/zoj.12298. ISSN 0024-4082.