Uropsilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erinaceota

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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

Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Uropsilinae
Genus: Uropsilus
Species (11): U. aequodonenia – U. andersoni – U. atronates – U. dabieshanensis – U. fansipanensis – U. funiushanensis – U. gracilis – U. huanggangensis – U. investigator – U. nivatus – U. soricipes

Name

Uropsilus Milne-Edwards in David, 1871: 92

• Type species: Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards, 1871, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin): 75-100.

Additional references

• Wan, T.; He, K.; Jiang, X.-L. 2013: Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. BMC evolutionary biology 13: 232. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-232 Reference page. 
• Hu, T.-L., Xu, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, Y.-X., Liao, R., Yang, G.-D., Sun, R.-L., Shi, J., Ban, Q., Li, C.-L., Liu, S.-Y. & Zhang, B.-W. 2021. Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research 42(3): 294–299. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266 Reference page. 
• Ren, X-Y., Xu, Y-F., Li, Y-X., Yao, H-F., Fang, Y., Khanal, L., Cheng, L., Zeng, W., Jiang, X-L. & Chen, Z-Z. 2023. A new species of shrew moles, Uropsilus Milne-Edwards, 1871 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae), from the Wuyi Mountains, Jiangxi Province, eastern China. ZooKeys 1186: 25–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.111592 Reference page. 
• Jiang, H.-J., Yang, Y.-H., Zhou, Y.-Y., Tian, J.-D. & Lu, J.-Q. 2025. Molecular phylogeny of Uropsilus (Talpidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) With a new species described from Henan Province, China. Ecology and Evolution 15(2): e70928. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70928 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Asian Shrew-like Moles