Uropsilus nivatus

(G. M. Allen, 1923)

Snow Mountain Shrew Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Talpoidea
Family: Talpidae
Subfamily: Uropsilinae
Genus: Uropsilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170442

Original name as described

Rhynchonax andersoni nivatus

Type material

AMNH M-44352

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44352

Type locality

"Ssu-shan [= Snow Mountain], Li-chiang [= Lijiang Range], western Yunnan, 12, 000 feet [= 3658 m] altitude, " China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar?

Taxonomy notes

split from U. gracilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Wan, T., He, K. and Jiang, X.-l. 2013. Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1):232. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-232

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004355

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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.

Rhynchonax andersoni nivatus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Talpidae

Root name

nivatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44352

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ssu-shan (Snow Mountain), Li-chiang, western Yunnan, 12, 000 feet altitude

Type locality

China: Yunnan.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44352

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Allen (1923:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16033)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Uropsilus soricipes nivatus:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Talpidae

Root name

nivatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722310

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Nasillus gracilis longcaudatus

Wang Yingxiang, 2003

Family

Talpidae

Root name

longcaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Yunnan (northwestern parts-Qiqing, 12th Dridge, East Post and Bapo of Gongshan Co.)

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Beijing

Uropsilus nivatus:

Tu Feiyun, Fan Zhenxin, R. W. Murphy, Chen Shunde, Zhang Xiuyue, Yan Chaochao, Liu Yang, Sun Zhiyu, Fu Jianrong, Liu Shaoying, & Yue Bisong, 2015

Family

Talpidae

Root name

nivatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Name usages

Tu, Fan, Murphy, Chen, Zhang, Yan, Liu, Sun, Fu, Liu & Yue (2015:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63913)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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