Père David's Mole
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| Père David's Mole[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Talpa |
| Species: | T. davidiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Talpa davidiana (Milne-Edwards, 1884) |
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| Père David's Mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Talpa streeti |
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Père David's Mole (Talpa davidiana) is a mole found only in Kurdistan Province, Iran. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. As T. streeti, it is known as the Persian Mole.
[edit] References
- ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 309. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Talpa streeti. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-05-11. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)
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