Urotrichus

Urotrichus is a genus of talpid that contains a single living species, the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides). Two fossil species (Urotrichus dolichochir and Urotrichus giganeus) are also known.

Urotrichus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Tribe: Urotrichini
Genus: Urotrichus
Temminck, 1841
Species

Urotrichus talpoides is also known from the Late Pleistocene of Japan, while U. giganteus is known from the Miocene of Austria, U. dolichochir from the Miocene of Germany, Poland and Slovakia, and an unidentified species from the Miocene of Greece.[1][2] The genus may be descended from the structurally-similar Miocene species Tenuibrachiatum storchi, which shares features such as a slender humerus and a missing lower incisor.[3]

References
  1. "Urotrichus". fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Sansalone, G. (2014). "New Systematic Insights about Plio-Pleistocene Moles from Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 61 (1): 221–229. doi:10.4202/app.00116.2014.
  3. Ziegler, Reinhard (2003). "Moles (Talpidae) from the Middle Miocene in South Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 48 (4).


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