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Parascalops breweri (hairly-tailed vole)

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Scalopus breweri was named by Bachman (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Parascalops breweri by True (1894), Hay (1930), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Scalopus breweri Bachman
1894Parascalops breweri True
1930Parascalops breweri Hay p. 438
1975Parascalops breweri Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Parascalops breweri Kurten and Anderson p. 114
2025Parascalops breweri Eshelman et al. p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusParascalopsTrue 1894
speciesbreweri(Bachman 1842)

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.

Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 [hairly-tailed vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:13
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Freeman 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Parascalops breweri (124319 125941)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Parascalops breweri (20354)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Parascalops breweri (20554)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Parascalops breweri (20302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Parascalops breweri (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Parascalops breweri (82258 103991 104664 104679 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Parascalops breweri (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Parascalops breweri (104689)