Euroscaptor grandis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Holotype: USNM 25537, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Mount Omei, Szechuan, China, at an altitude of 5000 feet [= 1524 m].”

Euroscaptor grandis yunnanensis Wang, 2003 [nomen nudum f. Smith & Xie (2008: 322)]

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1940. Notes of some moles from Southeastern Asia. Journal of Mammalogy 21(4): 442–444. DOI: 10.2307/1374883 JSTOR
Wang, Y.X. 2003. A Complete Checklist of Mammal Species and Subspecies in China (A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference). China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing, China.

Euroscaptor grandis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Ruedas, L. & Smith, A.T. 2016. IUCN: Euroscaptor grandis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41459A22320623. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41459A22320623.en

English: Greater Chinese Mole
தமிழ்: அகண்ட சீன சிற்றெலி