Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908

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 : 308

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scientific name	Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908
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Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908 , Mitt. Kaukas. Mus., 4: 5.

Type Locality: Russia, Stavropol Krai, Stavropol.

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Mole.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. caucasica Satunin 1908

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. ognevi (Stroganov 1944)

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. orientalis Ognev 1926

Distribution: NW Caucasus ( Russia and Georgia, NE Turkey), Talysh Mtns ( Iran).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included in europaea by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), but considered a distinct species by Gromov et al. (1963). Reviewed by Sokolov and Tembotov (1989) and Zaitsev (1999). New records from Turkey ( Kefelioglu and Gencoglu, 1996) and Iran (Kryštufek and Benda, 2002) considerably extend the range of the species. Karyotype has 2n = 38, FN = 64 ( Sokolov and Tembotov, 1989).