White-tailed mole

White-tailed mole[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Parascaptor
Gill, 1875
Species: P. leucura
Binomial name
Parascaptor leucura
(Blyth, 1850)
White-tailed mole range

The white-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.

It is the only species in the genus Parascaptor.

References

  1. Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). "Parascaptor leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2007-07-30.


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