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Taxonomy
Talpa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Talpa europaea. It is the type genus of Talpini.
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Talpini by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Hay (1930), Kurten (1968), Yates and Schmidly (1975) and Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Talpini by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Hay (1930), Kurten (1968), Yates and Schmidly (1975) and Carroll (1988).
Species
T. caeca, T. episcopalis, T. europaea (type species), 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
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 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 |
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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. 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