Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards, 1867 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 7:375.

TYPE SPECIES: Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards, 1867 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Talpini . Included in Talpa by Corbet (1978c:36) and Corbet and Hill (1991:38). Retained a genus by Abe et al. (1991) and Gureev (1979:282).