Tyrrhenian mole

Short description: Extinct species of mammal

Tyrrhenian mole

Temporal range: Pleistocene

PreЄ

Fossil humerus of the Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica)

Conservation status

Extinct

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Eulipotyphla
Family:  | Talpidae
Genus:  | Talpa
Species:  |

T. tyrrhenica

Binomial name
Talpa tyrrhenica

Bate, 1945

The Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia during the Pleistocene epoch.

First described in 1945 by Dorothea Bate,[1] this species is known from several palaeontological sites of Sardinia ranging in age from Lower to Upper Pleistocene,[1][2] and in one site of Middle Pleistocene age in southern Corsica.[3]

## See also

* List of extinct animals of Europe

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bate, Dorothea M.A. (1945). "XLII. — The pleistocene mole of Sardinia" (in en). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11 12 (91): 448–461. doi:10.1080/00222934508654743.
2. ↑ Abbazzi, Laura; Angelone, Chiara; Arca, Marisa; Barisone, Giancarlo; Bedetti, Claudia; Delfino, Massimo; Kotsakis, Tassos; Marcolini, Federica et al. (2004). "Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy), an overview" (in en). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110 (3): 681–706. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5832.
3. ↑ Pereira, Elisabeth; Ottaviani-Spella, Marie-Madeleine; Salotti, Michelle (2001). "Nouvelle datation (Pléistocène moyen) du gisement de Punta di Calcina (Conca, Corse du Sud) par la découverte de Talpa tyrrhenica Bate, 1945 et d'une forme primitive de Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli Forsyth-Major, 1882" (in fr). Geobios 34 (6): 697–705. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80031-0.

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