Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Scalopini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Van Valen 1967 and Yates and Schmidly 1975
Sister taxa: Leptoscaptor, Scalopoides, Scalopus, Scapanoscapter, Scapanulus, Yanshuella
Subtaxa: Scapanus hagermanensis Scapanus latimanus Scapanus malatinus Scapanus orarius Scapanus proceridens Scapanus shultzi Scapanus townsendii
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (20: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (13: California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (11: California, Nevada, Oregon)
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Idaho, Oregon)
Total: 53 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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