Talpinae G. Fischer 1814

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 302

Talpinae G. Fischer 1814

Talpinae G. Fischer 1814 , Zoognosia Tabulis Synopticis Illustrata, Vol. 3: x.

Synonyms: Desmaninae Thomas 1912 ; Urotrichi Dobson 1883 .

Genera: 11 genera with 28 species in 5 tribes:

Tribe Desmanini Thomas 1912

Genus Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 (1 species)

Genus Galemys Kaup 1829 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Tribe Neurotrichini Hutterer 2005

Genus Neurotrichus Günther 1880 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Tribe Scaptonychini Van Valen 1967

Genus Scaptonyx Milne-Edwards 1872 (1 species)

Tribe Talpini G. Fischer 1814

Genus Euroscaptor Miller 1940 (6 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Mogera Pomel 1848 (5 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Parascaptor Gill 1875 (1 species)

Genus Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards 1867 (1 species)

Genus Talpa Linnaeus 1758 (9 species with 22 subspecies)

Tribe Urotrichini Dobson 1883

Genus Dymecodon True 1886 (1 species)

Genus Urotrichus Temminck 1841 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Hutchison (1968), Storch and Qiu (1983), Hutterer (1993 a), and other authors included also Condylurini and Scalopini , which are shifted here into Scalopinae , based on the the mtDNA phylogeny of Shinohara et al. (2001). The former Desmaninae are downgraded to tribal level, and a new tribe is proposed for the Neurotrichus lineage.