Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Broad-footed Mole
Common Names in Spanish:
Topo Pata Ancha, Topociego
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It prefers moist, fairly rich soils with little vegetation (Wilson
and Ruff, 1999; and Carraway 2001).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 2 Savanna
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
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
(
Synonyms
Scapanus anthonyi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Scapanus anthonyi is sometimes considered a separate species,
but is here included
within Scapanus latimanus following Hutterer
(2005).[1].
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 check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J. A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. url p. 152, p. 183, p. 187, p. 190.
- A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., inc.[c1935] url p. 250, p. 385, p. 393, p. 397, p. 400, p. 403, p. 405.
- Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada, by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer. .. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1924. url , , p. 43, p. 43, p. 749, p. 749.
- Arctoryctes and some other Chadronian vertebrate microfossils from Nebraska / [by] William D. Turnbull -- and Charles A. Reed --. [Chicago]: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. url p. 44, p. 45.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 11, p. 233, p. 45, p. 543, p. 841, p. 857, p. 9.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 141, p. 142, p. 143, p. 154.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 115, p. 133, p. 188, p. 220, p. 256.
- 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. 15, p. 17, fig. 6.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 189.
- Journal of morphology. Boston: Ginn & Co., [1887-1924] url p. 336, p. 355, p. 356.
- 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.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1957 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 5.
- Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 491.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 350, p. 351, p. 352, p. 406.
- Point Lobos Reseerve; State Park, California. Interpretation of a primitive landscape. Sacramento, [State Print. Off., 1954] url p. 53.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 403, p. 412, p. 415, p. 430.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 52, p. 52.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 403, p. 412, p. 415, p. 430, p. 771.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 19 1897 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 65.
- Readings in mammalogy / selected from the original literature and introduced with comments by J. Knox Jones, Jr., and Sydney Anderson. [Lawrence, Kans.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1970. url p. 353.
- Selected readings in mammalogy: selected from the original literature and introduced with comments / by J. Knox Jones, Jr., Sydney Anderson, and Robert S. Hoffmann. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1976. url p. 373.
- The mammalian genera Arctoryctes and Cryptoryctes from the Oligocene and Miocene of North America / Charles A. Reed -- and William D. Turnbull --. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1965. url p. 131, p. 145.
- The mammals and life zones of Oregon. By Vernon Bailey. Washington[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1936. url p. 351, p. 352, p. 403, p. 406.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18 1977 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 247.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 157, p. 313, p. 429, p. 9.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 4 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 205, p. 299, p. 465, p. 71.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Scapanus latimanus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Matson, J., Woodman, N., Castro-Arellano, I. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. Scapanus latimanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479817
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-710007
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179981
- IUCN ID: 240850
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMABB02030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15684
Footnotes
- Matson, J., Woodman, N., Castro-Arellano, I. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. Scapanus latimanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
