Gansu mole

Gansu mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Tribe: Scalopini
Genus: Scapanulus
Species: S. oweni
Binomial name
Scapanulus oweni
Thomas, 1912
Gansu mole range

The Gansu mole (Scapanulus oweni) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae endemic to China, where it occurs in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Qinghai. It is the only species in the genus Scapanulus.[2] The mole is the only member of a tribe of genera commonly known as "New World moles", the Scalopini, not to live in North America.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2016). "Scapanulus oweni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T41472A115188420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41472A22322596.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ↑ Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Scapanulus oweni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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