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Taxonomy
Scapanus was named by Pomel (1848). It is extant. Its type is Scalops townsendii.
It was assigned to Talpidae by Pomel (1848), Hay (1930), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Scalopini by Van Valen (1967) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Talpidae by Pomel (1848), Hay (1930), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Scalopini by Van Valen (1967) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1848 | Scapanus Pomel |
1930 | Scapanus Hay p. 439 |
1967 | Scapanus Van Valen |
1975 | Scapanus Yates and Schmidly p. 902 |
1980 | Scapanus Kurten and Anderson p. 114 |
1988 | Scapanus Carroll |
2008 | Scapanus Gunnell et al. |
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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. Scapanus Pomel 1848
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†Scapanus hagermanensis Hutchison 1987
Scapanus latimanus Bachman 1842 [broad-footed mole]
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Invalid names: Scalops californicus Ayres 1856 [synonym]
†Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987
Scapanus orarius True 1896
†Scapanus proceridens Hutchison 1968
†Scapanus shultzi Tedford 1961
Scapanus townsendii Bachman 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available