Scalopini

Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Talpoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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
Genera (5 + †9): Alpiscaptulus – †Dominoides – †Hugueneya – †Leptoscaptor – †Mioscalops – Parascalops – †Proscapanus – Scalopus – †Scapanoscapter – Scapanulus – Scapanus – †Vulcanoscaptor – †Yanshuella – †Yunoscaptor

Name

Scalopini Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymy

• Scalopsia Rafinesque, 1815:59 [sous-famille of famille Sorexia]
• Scalopes Gill, 1875:106 [group of Talpinae]
• Scalopeae Trouessart, 1879:267 [sectio of Talpinae]
• Scalopidae Cope, 1889:876
• Scalopinae Thomas, 1912:397
• Scalopini Van Valen, 1967:264

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S., 1815. Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: Aux dépens de l’auteur. 224 pp.

Additional references

• Gill, T., 1875. Synopsis of Insectivorous Mammals. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1(2): 91–120.
• Trouessart, É.-L. "1879" [1881?]. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. [Insectivora] Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée ser. 3, t. 7([3]): 219–285. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1889. Synopsis of the Families of Vertebrata. The American Naturalist 23(274): 849–877. DOI: 10.1086/275018 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1912. On a collection of small mammals from the Tsin-ling Mountains, Central China, presented to Mr. G. Fenwick Owen to the National Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8, 10(58): 395–403. BHL Reference page. 
• Van Valen, L. 1967. New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5): 217–284. hdl: 2246/358 Reference page. 
• Simpson, G.G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85: xvi + 350 pp. hdl: 2246/1104 Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Linares-Martín, A., Furió, M., de Soler, B.G., Agustí, J., Oms, O., Grandi, F., Blain, H.-A., Moreno-Ribas, E., Piñero, P. & Campeny, G. 2025. An unexpected Scalopini mole (Talpidae, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Europe sheds light on the phylogeny of talpids. Scientific Reports 15: 24928. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-10396-1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• magyar: Amerikai vakondok