Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883
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Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883 |
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Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883 View in CoL
Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883 View in CoL , Trans. Soc. Nat. St. Petersburg, 14: 165.
Type Locality: Russia, Siberia, Altai Mtns, Valley of Tourak.
Vernacular Names: Altai Mole.
Synonyms: Talpa gusevi (Fetisov 1956) ; Talpa irkutensis Dybowski 1922 ; Talpa saianensis Bielovusev 1921 ; Talpa salairica Egorin 1936 ; Talpa salairici Corbet 1978 ; Talpa sibirica Egorin 1937 ; Talpa suschkini Kastschenko 1905 ; Talpa tymensis Egorin 1937 .
Distribution: Taiga zone of Siberia between Ob and Lena Rivers; south to N Mongolia.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Placed by Yudin (1989:52) in genus Asioscalops ; but see Corbet (1978 c:33). Kratochvíl and Kral (1972) provided karyological evidence for a separation of altaica from the remaining Talpa species.
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