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 October 03, 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]

Greater Chinese mole (Euroscaptor grandis)
Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
Kuznetsov's mole (Euroscaptor kuznetsovi)
Long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
Malaysian mole (Euroscaptor malayanus)^[3]
Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrurus)
Ngoc Linh mole (Euroscaptor ngoclinhensis)
Orlov's mole (Euroscaptor orlovi)
Small-toothed mole (Euroscaptor parvidens)
Vietnamese mole (Euroscaptor subanura)^[4]

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
↑ Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a true species Euroscaptor malayana ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ 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] Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a true species Euroscaptor malayana ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Kawada2012-4] 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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