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Talpa

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy

Talpa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Talpidae by Hay (1930), Kurten (1968), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Carroll (1988); and to Talpini by Van Valen (1967), Cailleux et al. (2024).

Species

T. caeca, T. episcopalis, T. europaea, T. fossilis, T. gilothi, T. gracilis, T. minor, T. minuta, T. neagui, T. praeglacialis, T. romana, T. tenuidentata, T. tyrrhenica, T. vallesensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. altaica, T. chthonia, T. csarnotana, T. europaena, T. gilhoti

Synonyms

Heterotalpa was named by Peters (1863). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Talpa by Van Valen (1967).
Talpops was named by Gervais (1868). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Talpa by Van Valen (1967).
Euroscaptor was named by Miller (1940). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Talpa by Van Valen (1967).
Eoscalops was named by Stroganov (1941). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Talpa by Van Valen (1967).
Asioscalops was named by Stroganov (1941). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Talpa by Van Valen (1967).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Talpa Linnaeus p. 52
1825	Talpa Gray p. 339
1863	Heterotalpa Peters
1868	Talpops Gervais
1930	Talpa Hay p. 436
1940	Euroscaptor Miller
1941	Asioscalops Stroganov
1941	Eoscalops Stroganov
1967	Talpa Van Valen
1968	Talpa Kurten p. 49
1975	Talpa Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1988	Talpa Carroll
2024	Talpa Cailleux et al. p. 146

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
infraorder	Soricota	Kalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamily	Talpoidea	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
family	Talpidae	(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genus	Talpa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Talpa Linnaeus 1758

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Talpa caeca Savi 1822 [blind mole]

†Talpa episcopalis Kormos 1930

Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 [European mole]

†Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864

†Talpa gilothi Storch 1978

†Talpa gracilis Kormos 1930

†Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914

†Talpa minuta Blainville 1840

†Talpa neagui Radulescu and Samson 1989

†Talpa praeglacialis Kormos 1930

†Talpa romana Thomas 1902

†Talpa tenuidentata Ziegler 1990

†Talpa tyrrhenica Bate 1945

†Talpa vallesensis Villalta and Crusafont 1944

Invalid names: Asioscalops Stroganov 1941 [synonym], Eoscalops Stroganov 1941 [synonym], Euroscaptor Miller 1940 [synonym], Heterotalpa Peters 1863 [synonym], Talpops Gervais 1868 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

fossorialg

Diet:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2011-05-14 21:04:44

Modified:

2011-05-14 06:04:44

Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Freeman 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.0 Ma

Collections (191 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	France	T. minuta (200296)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	France (Vaucluse)	T. gilhoti (201497)
MN 2	22.4 - 20.0	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	T. tenuidentata (66138)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Czechia (Ústí nad Labem)	T. tenuidentata (48173)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Serbia (Serbia)	T. sp. (39714 199780 199781 199782)
MN 3 - MN 4	20.0 - 15.98	Germany (Bavaria)	T. sp. (176199)
MN 5	15.98 - 13.82	Austria (Styria)	T. minuta (77782)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	France (Midi-Pyrenees)	T. minuta (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Poland (Silesia)	T. minuta (42588)
MN 6	13.82 - 12.75	Slovakia (Bratislava)	T. minuta (69711)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Slovakia (Bratislava)	T. minuta (58983)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Spain (Soria)	T. sp. (40755)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Switzerland (Baselland)	T. minuta (49421)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Germany (Bavaria)	T. minuta (67161 67162 67163 67164 67166)
Vallesian	11.63 - 8.725	Spain (Catalonia)	T. minuta (193490)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Germany (Bavaria)	T. sp. (206345)
MN 9	11.1 - 9.67	Austria (Niederösterreich)	T. gilothi (66943)
MN 9	11.1 - 9.67	Austria	T. gilothi (66942)
MN 9	11.1 - 9.67	Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén)	T. sp. (75481)
MN 10	9.67 - 8.725	Austria	T. gilothi (66944 66945) T. vallesensis, T. minuta (66946)