Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Family) Talpidae

Subsequent positions

Scaptonychini (Tribe) van Valen, 1967

Current position

Scaptonychini (Tribe) van Valen, 1967

Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 304.

Alternative positions

Scalopinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1875	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 617.
Talpidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 173.
Talpinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 128.

Historical positions

Scaptonychini (Tribe) van Valen, 1967	Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 304.
Scaptonychini (Tribe) van Valen, 1967	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 280.
Talpinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 128.
Talpinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 38.
Scalopinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1875	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 617.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2005	R. Hutterer: 304	[1s]
1993	R. Hutterer	[1s]
1993	R. Hutterer	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]