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Scalopus aquaticus (eastern mole)

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Sorex aquaticus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Scalopus, Scalops.

It was recombined as Scalops aquaticus by Hay (1902); it was misspelled as Scalops aquaticus by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Scalopus aquaticus by Geoffroy (1803), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus p. 53
1803Scalopus aquaticus Geoffroy
1902Scalops aquaticus Hay p. 738
1911Scalops aquaticus Thomas p. 143
1930Scalopus aquaticus Hay p. 438
1952Scalopus aquaticus Sherman p. 87
1975Scalopus aquaticus Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Scalopus aquaticus Kurten and Anderson p. 115
1998Scalopus aquaticus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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)
subfamilyTalpinaeFisher von Waldheim 1817
tribeScalopiniDobson 1883
genusScalopusGeoffroy 1803
speciesaquaticus()

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.

Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 [eastern mole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:35
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:35
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 Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Scalopus aquaticus (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (19752)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Scalopus aquaticus (19942 19945)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (19750 98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Scalopus aquaticus (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Scalopus aquaticus (20143)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Scalopus sp. (20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Scalopus aquaticus (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Scalopus aquaticus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20289 20350 20385 20475)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Scalopus aquaticus (20492)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Scalopus aquaticus (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20638 34269 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Scalopus aquaticus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20608)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Scalopus aquaticus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (20572 20573 20595 20650 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scalopus aquaticus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Scalopus aquaticus (82258 103991 104679 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Scalopus aquaticus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Scalopus aquaticus (93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Scalopus aquaticus (104034 104035 104672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Scalopus aquaticus (63563 63564 63565 63566 63567 63568 63569 63570)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Scalopus aquaticus (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Scalopus aquaticus (63428)