Talpinae G. Fischer 1814

Talpinae G. Fischer 1814, Zoognosia Tabulis Synopticis Illustrata, Vol. 3: x.

Synonyms: Desmaninae Thomas 1912; Urotrichi Dobson 1883 .

Genera: 11 genera with 28 species in 5 tribes:

Tribe Desmanini Thomas 1912

Genus Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 (1 species)

Genus Galemys Kaup 1829 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Tribe Neurotrichini Hutterer 2005

Genus Neurotrichus Günther 1880 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Tribe Scaptonychini Van Valen 1967

Genus Scaptonyx Milne-Edwards 1872 (1 species)

Tribe Talpini G. Fischer 1814

Genus Euroscaptor Miller 1940 (6 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Mogera Pomel 1848 (5 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Parascaptor Gill 1875 (1 species)

Genus Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards 1867 (1 species)

Genus Talpa Linnaeus 1758 (9 species with 22 subspecies)

Tribe Urotrichini Dobson 1883

Genus Dymecodon True 1886 (1 species)

Genus Urotrichus Temminck 1841 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Hutchison (1968), Storch and Qiu (1983), Hutterer (1993 a), and other authors included also Condylurini and Scalopini, which are shifted here into Scalopinae, based on the the mtDNA phylogeny of Shinohara et al. (2001). The former Desmaninae are downgraded to tribal level, and a new tribe is proposed for the Neurotrichus lineage.