Scaptonyx wangi
Song Wenyu & Jiang Xuelong in Song Wenyu, Chen Zhongzheng, Li Quan, Hu Wenhao, Zhou Hongwei, Xie Mengru, Li Xueyou, & Jiang Xuelong, 2025
Wang's Long-tailed Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Talpoidea |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Talpinae |
| Tribe | : Urotrichini |
| Genus | : Scaptonyx |
Species status
Authority citation
Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Hu, W.-h., Zhou, H.-w., Xie, M.-r., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-03-15. Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae142Original name as described
Scaptonyx wangi
Type material
KIZ 042771
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Closed coniferous forest outside the east entrance of the Dulongjiang Tunnel (27.806° N, 98.459° E, 3 092 m.a.s.l.) on the road from Gongshan County to Dulongjiang Township, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Hu, W.-h., Zhou, H.-W., Xie, M.-R., Li, X.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-03-15. Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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