Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Synonym: Echinogale Pomel 1848

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to L. Van Valen 1967

See also Carroll 1988

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, Scaptochirus, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scaptogale in the database

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