Gracile shrew mole

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Gracile shrew mole
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Uropsilus
Species:
U. gracilis
Binomial name
Uropsilus gracilis
(Thomas, 1911)
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Gracile shrew mole range (includes U. atronates and U. nivatus range)
Synonyms
  • Uropsilus atronatesAllen, 1923
  • Uropsilus nivatusAllen, 1923

The gracile shrew mole (Uropsilus gracilis) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China; populations known from Myanmar likely represent other species (see below). [2]

The black-backed shrew mole (U. atronates) and the Snow Mountain shrew mole (U. nivatus) were formerly considered subspecies, but a 2018 phylogenetic study split them as distinct species. The study found U. gracilis to be the sister species to an undescribed species of Uropsilus , with the clade comprising both being sister to U. atronates. U. atronates and the clade containing U. gracilis likely diverged during the early-mid Pleistocene. [2]

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References

  1. Chiozza, F. (2017). "Uropsilus gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T41487A22321800. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T41487A22321800.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Wan, Tao; He, Kai; Jiang, Xue-Long (2013-10-25). "Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 232. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-232. ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   3819745 . PMID   24161152.