Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907

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 : 309

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scientific name	Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907
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Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20: 212.

Type Locality: C Spain, Guadarrama Mtns, 1200-1300 m, "La Granja, Segovia".

Vernacular Names: Spanish Mole.

Distribution: W and C Iberian Peninsula ( Portugal, Spain).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly regarded as a subspecies of caeca , but see Ramalhinho (1985) and Filippucci et al. (1987). Reviewed by Niethammer (in Niethammer and Krapp, 1990). Karyotype has 2n = 34, FN = 68. Dental morphology of occidentalis and europaea described by Cleef-Roders and Hoek Ostende (2001).