Biology:Caucasian mole
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Short description: Species of mammal
| Caucasian mole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Talpa |
| Species: | T. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Talpa caucasica Satunin, 1908
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| Caucasian mole range | |
The Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica) is a mammal in the family Talpidae that is endemic to the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and Georgia.[1]
Ognev's mole (T. ognevi) was formerly classified as a subspecies, but is now thought to be a distinct species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kryštufek, B. (2016). "Talpa caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41480A22321383. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41480/22321383.
- ↑ Bannikova, Anna A.; Zemlemerova, Elena D.; Colangelo, Paolo; Sözen, Mustafa; Sevindik, M.; Kidov, Artem A.; Dzuev, Ruslan I.; Kryštufek, Boris et al. (2015-08-18). "An underground burst of diversity - a new look at the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genusTalpaLinnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Talpidae) as revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (4): 930–948. doi:10.1111/zoj.12298. ISSN 0024-4082. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12298.
Wikidata ☰ Q736603 entry
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