Scapanulus oweni

O. Thomas, 1912

Gansu Mole

Specimen deposited in Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China, Yunnan province, Kunming). Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:China, Gansu province, Lingtai county, Lianhua MoutainDate taken:Oct 8, 2011

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3192

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Talpoidea
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Talpinae
Tribe : Scalopini
Genus : Scapanulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-10-01. On a collection of small mammals from the Tsin-ling Mountains, Central China, presented to Mr. G. Fenwick Owen to the National Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(58):395-403.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640468

Original name as described

Scapanulus oweni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea45d92f-195c-41c0-8e45-37fcf5929611

Type locality

"23 miles [= 37 km] S.E. of Tao-chou. 9000' [= 2743 m], " Gansu, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004303

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Scapanulus oweni

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Talpidae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea45d92f-195c-41c0-8e45-37fcf5929611

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640468

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:103, 104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41472/115188420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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