Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 301

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Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Sorex] aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 53 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: E USA; fixed by Jackson (1915:33) to Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Mole.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. aquaticus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. aereus Bangs 1896

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. alleni Baker 1951

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. anastasae Bangs 1898

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. australis Chapman 1893

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. bassi Howell 1939

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. caryi Jackson 1914

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. howelli Jackson 1914

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. inflatus Jackson 1914

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. machrinoides Jackson 1914

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. machrinus Rafinesque 1832

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. montanus Baker 1951

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. nanus Davis 1942

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. parvus Rhoads 1894

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. porteri Schwartz 1952

Subspecies Scalopus aquaticus subsp. texanus J. A. Allen 1891

Distribution: N Tamaulipas and N Coahuila ( Mexico) through E USA to Massachusetts and Minnesota.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subspecies taxonomy revised by Yates and Schmidly (1977). Yates and Schmidly (1978, Mammalian Species No. 105) and Yates (in Wilson and Ruff, 1999) listed sixteen subspecies. Gureev (1979:254) listed aereus and inflatus as distinct species without comment. Hall (1981:72) included aereus and inflatus in aquaticus . Karyotype has 2n = 34, FN = 64 ( Yates and Schmidly, 1975).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Scalopus

Loc

Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sorex] aquaticus

Linnaeus 1758: 53
1758
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