Euroscaptor grandis

G. S. Miller, 1940

Greater Chinese Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1940-11-14. Notes on some moles from southeastern Asia. Journal of Mammalogy 21(4):442-444.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2307/1374883

Original name as described

Euroscaptor grandis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:255370

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36129fa5e-39ec-440d-99bf-78233b827965

Type locality

"Mount Omei [= Mount Emei], Sichuan, China, at an altitude of 5000 feet [= 1524 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004312

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Euroscaptor grandis

G. S. Miller, 1940

Family

Talpidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:255370

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Omei, Szechuan, China, at an altitude of 5000 feet

Type locality

China: Sichuan: 29°31′22″N, 103°20′11″E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36129fa5e-39ec-440d-99bf-78233b827965

Authority page

444

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Hutterer (1993:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Smith & Xie (2008:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Zemlemerova, Bannikova, Lebedev, Rozhnov & Abramov (2016:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29039)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41459/22320623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Talpa grandis:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Talpidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Euroscaptor grabdis:

Wang Yingxiang, 2003

Family

Talpidae

Root name

grabdis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Beijing

Euroscaptor grabdis yunnanensis

Wang Yingxiang, 2003

Family

Talpidae

Root name

yunnanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Yunnan (western parts-Yingjiang and Shuangjiang)

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Beijing

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