Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883

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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scientific name	Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883
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Talpa altaica Nikolsky 1883 , Trans. Soc. Nat. St. Petersburg, 14: 165.

Type Locality: Russia, Siberia, Altai Mtns, Valley of Tourak.

Vernacular Names: Altai Mole.

Synonyms: Talpa gusevi (Fetisov 1956) ; Talpa irkutensis Dybowski 1922 ; Talpa saianensis Bielovusev 1921 ; Talpa salairica Egorin 1936 ; Talpa salairici Corbet 1978 ; Talpa sibirica Egorin 1937 ; Talpa suschkini Kastschenko 1905 ; Talpa tymensis Egorin 1937 .

Distribution: Taiga zone of Siberia between Ob and Lena Rivers; south to N Mongolia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed by Yudin (1989:52) in genus Asioscalops ; but see Corbet (1978 c:33). Kratochvíl and Kral (1972) provided karyological evidence for a separation of altaica from the remaining Talpa species.