Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Talpidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 40429
Synonyms: Asioscalops Stroganov 1941 (no. 253530), Eoscalops Stroganov 1941 (no. 253529), Euroscaptor Miller 1940 (no. 253528), Heterotalpa Peters 1863 (no. 253525), Parascaptor Gill 1875 (no. 253527), Talpops Gervais 1868 (no. 253526)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975
Sister taxa: Achlyoscapter, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Condylura, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Hesperoscalops, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Lemoynea, Mogera, Mongolopala, Mystipterus, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopus, Scapanoscapter, Scapanus, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Talpa caeca, Talpa episcopalis, Talpa europaea, Talpa fossilis, Talpa gilothi, Talpa gracilis, Talpa minor, Talpa minuta, Talpa neagui, Talpa praeglacialis, Talpa romana, Talpa tenuidentata, Talpa tyrrhenica, Talpa vallesensis
Ecology: fossorial insectivore