Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Synonym: Chiroscaptor Heude 1898
Parent taxon: Talpini according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005
See also Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Scaptochirus moschatus
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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