Spanish Mole – Talpa occidentalis

Talpa occidentalisCabrera, 1907

Hyväksytty nimi, Maailman nisäkkäiden luettelo 2005

Formerly regarded as a subspecies of caeca, but see Ramalhinho (1985) and Filippucci et al. (1987). Reviewed by Niethammer (in Niethammer and Krapp, 1990). Karyotype has 2n = 34, FN = 68. Dental morphology of occidentalis and europaea described by Cleef-Roders and Hoek Ostende (2001).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.