Gansu Mole

Gansu Mole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Tribe: Scalopini
Genus: Scapanulus
Species: S. oweni
Binomial name
Scapanulus oweni
Thomas, 1912
Gansu Mole range

The Gansu Mole (Scapanulus oweni) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is the only species in the genus Scapanulus. It the only member of a tribe of genera commonly known as "New World Moles", the Scalopini, not to actually live in North America. It is endemic to China.[1]

References

  1. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Scapanulus oweni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.