Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards 1867

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 : 307

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Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards 1867 , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 7: 375.

Type Locality: "En Mongolie "; Swanhwafu, 100 mi. (= 161 km) NW of Peking, China.

Vernacular Names: Short-faced Mole.

Synonyms: Scaptochirus davidianus Swinhoe 1879 ; Scaptochirus gilliesi Thomas 1910 ; Scaptochirus grandidens (Stroganov 1941) ; Scaptochirus leptura ( Thomas 1881) ; Scaptochirus moschiferus Heude 1898 ; Scaptochirus sinensis (Heude 1898) .

Distribution: NE China: Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included in Talpa micrura by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966:40); but see Corbet (1978 c:36). Grulich (1982) pointed out that Scaptochirus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1884 , often regarded as a synonym of moschatus , is a species of Talpa ; see under Talpa davidiana . Karyotype (2n = 48, FN = 54-56) described by Kawada et al. (2002 b).