Talpa episcopalis Kormos 1930 (mole)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: T. Kormos. 1930. Diagnosen neuer Säugetiere aus dem Oberpliozänen fauna des Somlyóberges bei Püspökfürdö. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:237-246

Belongs to Talpa according to T. Kormos 1930

See also Kurten 1968

Sister taxa: Talpa caeca, Talpa europaea, Talpa fossilis, Talpa gilothi, Talpa gracilis, Talpa minor, Talpa minuta, Talpa neagui, Talpa praeglacialis, Talpa romana, Talpa tenuidentata, Talpa tyrrhenica, Talpa vallesensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Betfia 2, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Romania

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Germany (1 collection), Romania (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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