Gansu mole
Gansu mole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
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 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 live in North America.[2]
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (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. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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