Alpiscaptulus medogensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Talpoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota Superfamilia: Talpoidea

Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Talpinae
Tribus: Scalopini
Genus: Alpiscaptulus
Species: Alpiscaptulus medogensis

Name

Alpiscaptulus medogensis Jiang & Chen in Chen et al., 2021: 440

• Holotype: KIZ 037966, adult ♀, alcohol-preserved carcass, skin and skull, collected by Kang Luo on 2 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Mt Namjagbarwa, Damu Town, Medog County, south-east Tibet, China (29°44'32" N, 95°40'59" E), elevation approximately 3650 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Chen, Z.-Z., He, S.-W., Hu, W.-H., Song, W.-Y., Onditi, K.O., Li, X.-Y. & Jiang, X.-L. 2021. Morphology and phylogeny of scalopine moles (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Scalopini) from the eastern Himalayas, with descriptions of a new genus and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(2): 432–444. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa172 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Medog Mole