Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Broad-Footed Mole
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Talpoidea
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Novacek, 1975
- Family:
Talpidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1825
- Subfamily:
Scalopinae
()
- Subfamily:
Scalopinae
(
- Family:
Talpidae
(
- Superfamily:
Talpoidea
(
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scapanus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. latimanus (Broad-Footed Mole) · S. latimanus insularis (Angel Island Mole) · S. latimanus latimanus (Broad-Footed Mole) · S. orarius (Coast Mole) · S. townsendii (Townsend's Mole)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 269.
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 14, p. 15, fig. 6.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 9.
- Mammals of America; technical editor, H. E. Anthony. .. artists, Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne, George A. King. .. New York, The University Society, inc.[c1917] url p. 301.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 269, p. 81.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 269, p. 81.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url , p. 132, p. 313, p. 350, p. 351, p. 401, p. 555.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479817
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909310
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2429611
