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Talpa europaea (European mole)

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa europaea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Talpa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. csarnotana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Talpa europaea Linnaeus p. 52
1911Talpa europaea Thomas p. 142
1927Talpa europaea Boule and De Villeneuve p. 80
1930Talpa europaea Hay p. 436
1968Talpa europaea Kurten p. 49
1975Talpa europea Yates and Schmidly p. 902

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusTalpa
specieseuropaea

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.

Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 [European mole]
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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 21:04:44
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Freeman 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Talpa europaea (35076)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Talpa europaea (199747)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Talpa europaea (34400)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Talpa europaea (49084 49085)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Talpa europaea (36452)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Talpa europaea (50242)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Talpa europaea (77749)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Herault) Talpa europaea (49054)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Talpa europaea (48889 48891 48892 48912)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Talpa europaea (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Talpa europaea (43704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Talpa europaea (50199 50243 50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Talpa europaea (35045)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Talpa europaea (40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Talpa europaea (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Talpa europaea (43665 43691 43693 43694 43695 43696 43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Talpa europaea (36013 49999 50049 50196)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Talpa europaea (50260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Talpa europaea (43642 43645 43653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Talpa europaea (50258)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Talpa europaea (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Talpa europaea (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Talpa europaea (40984)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Talpa europaea (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Talpa europaea (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Talpa europaea (43619 43629 43631)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) Talpa europaea (43667)