Euroscaptor darwini
Nguyen Truong Son, Bui Tuan Hai, Dau, Phuong Dinh Le, & Yen Huong Vu, 2025
Darwin's 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
Authority citation
Son, N.T., Hai, B.T., Dau, V.Q., Le, P.D. and Vu, Y.H. 2025-10-10. Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam. ZooKeys 1255:239-274.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1255.161942Original name as described
Euroscaptor darwini
Type material
IBVAST NTS.2024.PL.01
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Vietnam • ♂; Thanh Hoa Province, Ba Thuoc District, Thanh Son Commune, Pu Luong Nature Reserve; 20°29.01'N, 105°6.11'E; approx. 935 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Son, N.T., Hai, B.T., Dau, V.Q., Le, P.D. and Vu, Y.H. 2025. Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam. ZooKeys 1255:239-274. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1255.161942
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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