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10.57760/sciencedb.11223 2025-02-05T02:56:26Z

2025-02-05 Taxonomic revision of the long-tailed mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains doi:10.57760/sciencedb.11223 en We reviewed the journey of Armand David from 1868 to 1869. On these grounds, we clarify the type locality of Scaptonyx fusicauda Milne-Edwards, 1872 within the vicinity of the Minjiang River source, Minshan Mountain, Sichuan, China. Based on our study of newly collected topotype specimens of S. fusicauda, we recognize S. affinis Thomas, 1912, previously treated as a subspecies of S. fusicauda, as a distinct species. We also describe a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains, S. wangi, based on morphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses. We provide an updated taxonomy of the genus Scaptonyx, along with ecological and distribution information for the three extant species.This dataset contains the external and craniomandibular measurements of examined specimens. endemism; Hengduan Mountains; insectivores; mountain biodiversity; mountains of south-west China; river barrier Song Wenyu Chen Zhongzheng Li Quan Hu Wenhao Zhou Hongwei Xie Mengru Li Xueyou Jiang Xuelong PUBLIC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ dataset Science Data Bank