Gansu mole
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| 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 | |
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| Gansu mole range | |
The Gansu mole (Scapanulus oweni) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Scapanulus.[1] The mole is the only member of a tribe of genera commonly known as "New World moles", the Scalopini, not to actually live in North America.[2]
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Scapanulus oweni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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