Talpa romana Thomas 1902

Talpa romana Thomas 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 516.

Type Locality: Italy, Ostia near Rome.

Vernacular Names: Roman Mole.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. romana Thomas 1902

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. adamoi Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. aenigmatica Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. brachycrania Capolongo and Panasci 1976

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. montana Cabrera 1925

Subspecies Talpa romana subsp. wittei Capolongo 1986

Distribution: Apennines, Italy, and extreme SE France; a historical record from Sicily.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Does not include stankovici, see comments therein. Karyotype as in europaea (Capanna, 1981) . For synonyms see Niethammer, in Niethammer and Krapp (1990).