Euroscaptor longurostris, Miller, 1940

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Long-nosed Mole

Euroscaptor longurostris

French: Taupe a long nez / German: Langnasenmaulwurf / Spanish: Topo de hocico largo

Taxonomy. 7 Talpa longirostris Milne-Edwards, 1870 ,

Moupin (= Baoxing), Sichuan, China. Based on specimens from Vietnam, two new species,

E. kuznetsovi and E. orlovi, were separated from E. longirostris , but taxonomic status of Chinese specimens has not yet been reevaluated. Monotypic.

Distribution. C & S China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi,Jiangxi, and Fujian).

Descriptive notes. Head—body 90-145 mm, tail 11-25 mm, hindfoot 14-23 mm. Body of the Long-nosed Mole is dark gray to black, sometimes with slight brownish tinge. Tail is sparsely haired, except toward tip where it is covered with white hairs. Rostrum is long and narrow.

Habitat. Mesic mossy habitat in alpine birch forests at elevations of 1800-2900 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Long-nosed Mole is fossorial.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Abramov et al. (2013), Hoffmann & Lunde (2008), Kawada, Nguyen Truong Son & Dang Ngoc Can (2008, 2009), Zemlemerova, Bannikova, Abramov et al. (2013), Zemlemerova, Bannikova, Lebedev et al. (2016).

Figures

22. Altai Mole (Talpa altaica), 23. Pere David’s Mole (Talpa davidiana), 24. Talysch Mole (Talpa talyschensis), 25. Ognev’s Mole (Talpa ognevi), 26. Caucasian Mole (Talpa caucasica), 27. Levant Mole (Talpa levantis), 28. Balkan Mole (Talpa stankovici), 29. Blind Mole (Talpa caeca), 30. Roman Mole (Talpa romana), 31. Iberian Mole (Talpa occidentalis), 32. European Mole (Talpa europaea), 33. Aquitanian Mole (Talpa aquitania), 34. Japanese Mountain Mole (Oreoscaptor mizura), 35. Ussuri Mole (Mogera robusta), 36. Large Japanese Mole (Mogera wogura), 37. Small Japanese Mole (Mogera imaizumii), 38. Sado Mole (Mogera tokudae), 39. Echigo Mole (Mogera etigo), 40. Senkaku Mole (Mogera uchidai), 41. Insular Mole (Mogera insularis), 42. Kano’s Mole (Mogera kanoana), 43. La Touche’s Mole (Mogera latoucher), 44. Himalayan Mole (Ewroscaptor micrurus), 45. Greater Chinese Mole (Euroscaptor grandis), 46. Long-nosed Mole (Euroscaptor longurostris), 47. Kloss’s Mole (Euroscaptor klosst), 48. Kuznetsov’s Mole (Euroscaptor kuznetsovi), 49. Orlov’s Mole (Euroscaptor orlovi), 50. Vietnamese Mole (Euroscaptor subanura), 51. Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens), 52. Malaysian Mole (Euroscaptor malayanus), 53. White-tailed Mole (Parascaptor lewcurus), 54. Short-faced Mole (Scaptochirus moschatus)

Distribution. C & S China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi,Jiangxi, and Fujian).