Talpini

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Talpini
European Mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Soricomorpha Family: Talpidae Offspring Genus Euroscaptor Genus Mogera Genus Parascaptor: White-tailed Mole Genus Scaptochirus: Short-faced Mole Genus Talpa

Talpini is a tribe, in the scientific classification system of binomial nomenclature. It encapsulates a group of mammals known as Old World Moles. They include moles and voles, as well as other rodents. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae, a group of desmans.

[edit] References

• Animal Diversity Web <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Talpini.html>
• Blackwell Synergy <http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00087.x>
• Cambridge Journals <http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=219299>