Uropsilus leptocranium

Li Yixian & Jiang Xuelong in Li Yixian, Li Quan, Song Wenyu, Li Xueyou, Onditi, Pei Xiaoxin, Wang Hongjiao, Fu Changkun, Liu Shaoying, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong, 2026

Slender Skull 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

Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026-06. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652.

Original name as described

Uropsilus leptocranium

Type material

KIZ 022457

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mt. Wuding, Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County, Yunnan Province, China (25.874 ° N, 100.755 ° E; 3, 194 m a.s.l.)"

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Li, Y.-x., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Onditi, K.O., Pei, X.-x., Wang, H.-j., Fu, C.-k., Liu, S.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2026. Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108652. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108652

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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: 2 names and synonyms.

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