Talpa tyrrhenica Bate, 1945
Sardinian mole
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Corsica & Sardinia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bate, Dorothea M. A. (1945). The Pleistocene mole of Sardinia. Journal of Natural History, Ser. 11 12(91): 448-461. [Abstract]
Other references:
Gliozzi, E., Malatesta, A. and Palombo, M. R. (1984). Upper Pleistocene small mammal associations in the Is Oreris area (Iglesiente, SW Sardegna). Geologica Romana 23: 121-129. [a record of [i]T. tyrrhenica[/i] from south-west Sardinia]
Pereira, E., Ottaviani-Spella, M. M. and Salotti, M. (2001). Punta di Calcina (Conca, South-Corsica): new dating (Middle Pleistocene) elaborated thanks to a discovery of Talpa tyrrhenica and of Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseliForsyth-Major, 1882 primitive form. Geobios 34(6): 697-705. [Abstract]