Nesoscaptor

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Talpinae
Genus: Nesoscaptor
Species: N. uchidai

secundum Motokawa et al., 2001

Genus: Mogera
Synonym: Nesoscaptor

Name

Nesoscaptor Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991

Etymology

(Greek) "nesos (island) + scaptor (digger)" [Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991: 48]

References

Primary references

• Abe, H., Shiraishi, S. & Arai, S. 1991. A new mole from Uotsuri-jima, the Ryukyu Islands. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 15(2): 47–60. DOI: 10.11238/jmammsocjapan1987.15.47 Reference page. 
• Motokawa, M., Lin, L., Cheng, H. & Harada, M. 2001. Taxonomic status of the Senkaku Mole, Nesoscaptor uchidai, with special reference to variation in Mogera insularis from Taiwan (Mammalia: Insectivora). Zoological Science 18(5): 733–740. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.733 Reference page.