Altai Mole

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Altai Mole[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Talpa
Species: T. altaica
Binomial name
Talpa altaica
Nikolsky, 1883
Synonyms
  • gusevi (Fetisov, 1956)
  • irkutensis Dybowski, 1922
  • saianensis Bielovusev, 1921
  • salairica Egorin, 1936
  • salairici Corbet, 1978
  • sibirica Egorin, 1937
  • suschkini Kastschenko, 1905
  • tymensis Egorin, 1937

The Altai Mole (Talpa altaica) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family.[2] It is found in northern Mongolia through the Taiga zone of the Siberia in Russia.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, {{{pages}}}. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Talpa altaica. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
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