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Talpa may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2436127	https://www.gbif.org/species/2436127
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40429	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40429

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Talpa

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae : Talpa

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
order	Lipotyphla	Haeckel 1866
family	Talpidae
genus	Talpa	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Talpa Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Talpa	genus	belongs to Bestiae	stated without evidence	Linnaeus, 1758
Talpa	genus	belongs to Talpina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Talpa	genus	belongs to Talpini	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Talpa	genus	belongs to Talpidae	stated with evidence	Yates and Schmidly, 1975
Talpa	genus	belongs to Talpidae	implied	Carroll, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Talpidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Common Name(s)

Eurasian Moles

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpa

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Talpa altaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa aquitania species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa caeca species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Blind Mole	11	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Talpa caucasica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa chtonia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa davidiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa episcopalis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa europaea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	European Mole	47	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Talpa fossilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	8.70 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa gilothi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	11.1 Ma Miocene	8.70 Ma Miocene
Talpa gracilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa leptura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa levantis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa macrura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa minor species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		50	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	23.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa neagui ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Talpa occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa praeglacialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa romana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa sansaniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa stankovici species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talpa tenuidentata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	22.4 Ma Miocene	20.0 Ma Miocene
Talpa tyrrhenica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talpa vallesensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	9.70 Ma Miocene	8.70 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Asioscalops Strogonow, 1941	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : *Asioscalops*
Scalpa Fleming, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : *Scalpa*
Asioscaptor Schwarz, 1948	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : *Asioscaptor*
Heterotalpa Peters, 1863	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : *Heterotalpa*
Talpops Gervais, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : *Talpops*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Talpa Linnaeus p. 52
1825	Talpa Gray p. 339
1863	Heterotalpa Peters
1868	Talpops Gervais
1875	Parascaptor Gill
1940	Euroscaptor Miller

Year	Name and Author
1941	Asioscalops Stroganov
1941	Eoscalops Stroganov
1967	Talpa Van Valen
1968	Talpa Kurten p. 49
1975	Talpa Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1988	Talpa Carroll

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317

Yates T. L., Schmidly D. J. (1975) Karyotype of the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus), with comments on the karyology of the family Talpidae, Journal of Mammalogy 56 4, 902-905

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 75 Twenty-seven generic names of Protozoa, Vermes, Pisces, Reptilia and Mammalia included in the Official List of Zoological Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(1), 35-37 (1922) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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