The long-tailed mole (''Scaptonyx fusicauda'') is a species of
mole
Mole (or Molé) may refer to:
Animals
* Mole (animal) or "true mole", mammals in the family Talpidae, found in Eurasia and North America
* Golden moles, southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae, similar to but unrelated to Talpida ...
in the family
Talpidae
The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean ...
. It is found in
China,
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
and
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
Taxonomy
The species is the
only species in the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
''Scaptonyx'' and the tribe Scaptonychini.
At least two subspecies are recognized in China: ''S. f. affinis'' occurs in Yunnan and Guizhou, ''S. f. fusicauda'' in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Guizhou.
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Ecology
This mole is fully fossorial and spends its life underground. It has been found at relatively high elevations of 2,000-4,100 m and appears to prefer damp, coniferous montane forests.[
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References
Talpidae
Mammals of Myanmar
Mammals of China
Mammals of Vietnam
Mammals described in 1872
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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