Euroscaptor klosst, Miller, 1940

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Kloss’s Mole

Euroscaptor klosst

French: Taupe de Kloss / German: Kloss-Maulwurf / Spanish: Topo de Kloss

Taxonomy. 7 Talpa klossi Thomas, 1929 ,

“Hue Nya Pla, 10 miles [= 16 km] N.W. of Raheng, [Thailand]. Altitude 2500 feet [= 762 m}.”

Euroscaptor klossi and E. longirostris were considered the same species, with E. malayanus as a junior synonym, but the two are now considered distinct species based on morphological and molecular evidences. Monotypic.

Distribution. N Thailand and NW Laos.

Descriptive notes. Head—body 115-135-5 mm, tail 9-5-13 mm, hindfoot 15-16 mm; weight 47-8-61-9 g. Tail of Kloss’s Mole is 7-11:3% of head-body length. Fur is short, very dense, and velvety; it is slate black, washed with brown, and similar above and beneath; and hairs have dark grayish brown bases. Tail is as long as hindfoot. Skull is slender; braincase is narrow and circular in ventral view. Rostrum is conical, narrow, and low. Dental formula is 13/3, C 1/1, P 4/4, M 3/3 (x2) = 44. Length of pelvis is 23-1 mm. There are nine tail vertebrae. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 36 and FNa = 54.

Habitat. Mountain forests and areas with loose sandy soil at elevations of 1200-2550 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Kloss’s Mole is fossorial.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Kawada (2016), Kawada, Kobayashi et al. (2006), Kawada, Yasuda et al. (2008), Shinohara, Kawada, Nguyen Truong Son, Dang Ngoc Can et al. (2015), Shinohara, Kawada, Nguyen Truong Son, Koshimoto et al. (2014), Yoshiyuki (1988).

Figures

22. Altai Mole (Talpa altaica), 23. Pere David’s Mole (Talpa davidiana), 24. Talysch Mole (Talpa talyschensis), 25. Ognev’s Mole (Talpa ognevi), 26. Caucasian Mole (Talpa caucasica), 27. Levant Mole (Talpa levantis), 28. Balkan Mole (Talpa stankovici), 29. Blind Mole (Talpa caeca), 30. Roman Mole (Talpa romana), 31. Iberian Mole (Talpa occidentalis), 32. European Mole (Talpa europaea), 33. Aquitanian Mole (Talpa aquitania), 34. Japanese Mountain Mole (Oreoscaptor mizura), 35. Ussuri Mole (Mogera robusta), 36. Large Japanese Mole (Mogera wogura), 37. Small Japanese Mole (Mogera imaizumii), 38. Sado Mole (Mogera tokudae), 39. Echigo Mole (Mogera etigo), 40. Senkaku Mole (Mogera uchidai), 41. Insular Mole (Mogera insularis), 42. Kano’s Mole (Mogera kanoana), 43. La Touche’s Mole (Mogera latoucher), 44. Himalayan Mole (Ewroscaptor micrurus), 45. Greater Chinese Mole (Euroscaptor grandis), 46. Long-nosed Mole (Euroscaptor longurostris), 47. Kloss’s Mole (Euroscaptor klosst), 48. Kuznetsov’s Mole (Euroscaptor kuznetsovi), 49. Orlov’s Mole (Euroscaptor orlovi), 50. Vietnamese Mole (Euroscaptor subanura), 51. Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens), 52. Malaysian Mole (Euroscaptor malayanus), 53. White-tailed Mole (Parascaptor lewcurus), 54. Short-faced Mole (Scaptochirus moschatus)

Distribution. N Thailand and NW Laos.