Talpa Linnaeus 1758

Talpa Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 52.

Type Species: Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Asioscalops Stroganov 1941; Asioscaptor Schwarz 1948; Heterotalpa Peters 1863; Talpops Gervais 1868 .

Species and subspecies: 9 species with 22 subspecies:

Species Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883

Species Talpa caeca Savi 1822

Subspecies Talpa caeca subsp. caeca Savi 1822

Subspecies Talpa caeca subsp. augustana Capolongo and Panasci 1978

Subspecies Talpa caeca subsp. hercegovinensis Bolkay 1925

Subspecies Talpa caeca subsp. steini Grulich 1971

Species Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. caucasica Satunin 1908

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. ognevi (Stroganov 1944)

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. orientalis Ognev 1926

Species Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Talpa europaea subsp. europaea Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Talpa europaea subsp. cinerea Gmelin 1788

Subspecies Talpa europaea subsp. velessiensis Petrov 1941

Species Talpa davidiana Milne-Edwards 1884

Species Talpa levantis Thomas 1906

Subspecies Talpa levantis subsp. levantis Thomas 1906

Subspecies Talpa levantis subsp. minima Deparma 1960

Subspecies Talpa levantis subsp. talyschensis Vereschchagin 1945

Subspecies Talpa levantis subsp. transcaucasica Dahl 1944

Species Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907

Species Talpa romana Thomas 1902

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. romana Thomas 1902

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. adamoi Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. aenigmatica Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. brachycrania Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. montana Cabrera 1925

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. wittei Capolongo 1986

Species Talpa stankovici V. Martino and E. Martino 1931

Subspecies Talpa stankovici subsp. stankovici V. Martino and E. Martino 1931

Subspecies Talpa stankovici subsp. montenegrina Kryštufek 1994

Discussion: Includes Asioscalops which was retained as a full genus by Yudin (1989:60). Schwarz (1948), Corbet (1978 c:36), and Corbet and Hill (1991:38) included Euroscaptor, Parascaptor, Mogera, and Scaptochirus; but these are retained here as full genera, see Abe et al. (1991) and Gureev (1979:256-285). For phylogenetic considerations based on morphology, see Stein (1960) and Grulich (1971); based on allozyme variation, see Filippucci et al. (1987). For a review of European species, see Niethammer and Krapp (1990).