Euroscaptor

Euroscaptor
	Greater Chinese mole (Euroscaptor grandis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Tribe:	Talpini
Genus:	Euroscaptor ; Miller, 1940
Type species
	Talpa klossi ; Thomas, 1929
Species
	10 recognized species, see text

Last updated December 26, 2025

Euroscaptor is a genus of mammal in the family Talpidae. Members are found in China and South & Southeast Asia. It contains the following species as of October 2021:^[2]

Euroscaptor darwini Nguyen Truong Son, Hai Tuan Bui, Vinh Quang Dau, Phuong Dinh Le & Yen Huong Vu, 2025^[3]
Greater Chinese mole (Euroscaptor grandis)
Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
Kuznetsov's mole (Euroscaptor kuznetsovi)
Long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
Malaysian mole (Euroscaptor malayanus)^[4]

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Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrurus)
Ngoc Linh mole (Euroscaptor ngoclinhensis)
Orlov's mole (Euroscaptor orlovi)
Small-toothed mole (Euroscaptor parvidens)
Vietnamese mole (Euroscaptor subanura)^[5]

References

↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993 , retrieved 2021-11-03
↑ Nguyen, Son Truong; Bui, Hai Tuan; Dau, Vinh Quang; Le, Phuong Dinh; Vu, Yen Huong (2025). "Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam". ZooKeys (1255): 239–274. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1255..239N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.161942 . PMC 12534793 . PMID 41113183.^: 249
↑ Kawada, S.; Yasuda, M.; Shinohara, A.; Lim, B. (2008). "Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a True Species, Euroscaptor malayana (Insectivora, Talpidae)". Memoirs of the National Science Museum. 45: 65–74. S2CID 90029800.
↑ Kawada, S-I.; et al. (2012). "A new species of mole of the genus Euroscaptor (Soricomorpha, Talpidae) from northern Vietnam". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (3): 839–850. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-296.1 .

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993 , retrieved 2021-11-03

[3] Nguyen, Son Truong; Bui, Hai Tuan; Dau, Vinh Quang; Le, Phuong Dinh; Vu, Yen Huong (2025). "Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam". ZooKeys (1255): 239–274. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1255..239N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.161942 . PMC 12534793 . PMID 41113183.^: 249

[4] Kawada, S.; Yasuda, M.; Shinohara, A.; Lim, B. (2008). "Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a True Species, Euroscaptor malayana (Insectivora, Talpidae)". Memoirs of the National Science Museum. 45: 65–74. S2CID 90029800.

[Kawada2012-5] Kawada, S-I.; et al. (2012). "A new species of mole of the genus Euroscaptor (Soricomorpha, Talpidae) from northern Vietnam". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (3): 839–850. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-296.1 .

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