Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908

Talpa caucasica Satunin 1908, Mitt. Kaukas. Mus., 4: 5.

Type Locality: Russia, Stavropol Krai, Stavropol.

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Mole.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. caucasica Satunin 1908

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. ognevi (Stroganov 1944)

Subspecies Talpa caucasica subsp. orientalis Ognev 1926

Distribution: NW Caucasus (Russia and Georgia, NE Turkey), Talysh Mtns (Iran).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included in europaea by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), but considered a distinct species by Gromov et al. (1963). Reviewed by Sokolov and Tembotov (1989) and Zaitsev (1999). New records from Turkey (Kefelioglu and Gencoglu, 1996) and Iran (Kryštufek and Benda, 2002) considerably extend the range of the species. Karyotype has 2n = 38, FN = 64 (Sokolov and Tembotov, 1989).