Talpinae
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| Russian desman (Desmana moschata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Subfamily: | Talpinae G. Fischer, 1814 |
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See species list | |
The subfamily Talpinae,[1] sometimes called "Old World moles" or "Old World moles and relatives", is one of three subfamilies of the mole family Talpidae, the others being the Scalopinae, or New World moles, and the Uropsilinae, or shrew-like moles.
These mammals in the order Soricomorpha mainly live under ground. The species in this group are all found in Eurasia, except Neurotrichus gibbsii. Most species have front paws specialized for tunneling which are clawed and face outwards from the body. They mainly eat insects and other small invertebrates.
The list of species is:
- Subfamily Talpinae
- Tribe Desmanini
- Tribe Neurotrichini
- Tribe Scaptonychini
- Tribe Talpini
- Genus Euroscaptor
- Genus Mogera
- Echigo mole (Mogera etigo)
- Small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii
- Insular mole (Mogera insularis)
- Kano mole, Mogera kanoana
- Kobe mole (Mogera kobeae)
- Large mole (Mogera robusta)
- Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)
- Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)
- Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai)
- Genus Parascaptor
- Genus Scaptochirus
- Genus Talpa - eleven species, Europe and western Asia
- Altai mole, T. altaica
- Talpa aquitania
- Blind mole, T. caeca
- Caucasian mole, T. caucasica
- European mole, T. europaea
- Père David's mole, T. davidiana
- Levant mole, Talpa levantis
- Martino's mole, Talpa martinorum
- Spanish mole, Talpa occidentalis
- Roman mole, Talpa romana
- Balkan mole, Talpa stankovici
- Tribe Urotrichini
References[edit]
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 302–310. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
