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Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World moles. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae.

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taxon
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Talpinae
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taxon name
Talpini
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tribe
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Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World moles. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae.

This tribe contains the following genera and species: Tribe Talpini Genus Euroscaptor Greater Chinese mole, E. grandis Kloss's mole, E. klossi Kuznetsov's mole, E. kuznetsovi Long-nosed mole, E. longirostris Malaysian mole, E. malayanus Himalayan mole, E. micrurus Ngoc Linh mole, E. ngoclinhensis Orlov's mole, E. orlovi Small-toothed mole, E. parvidens Vietnamese mole, E. subanura Genus Mogera Echigo mole, M. etigo Small Japanese mole, M. imaizumii Insular mole, M. insularis Kano's mole, M. kanoana La Touche's mole, M. latouchei Ussuri mole, M. robusta Sado mole, M. tokudae Senkaku mole, M. uchidai Japanese mole, M. wogura Genus Oreoscaptor Japanese mountain mole, O. mizura Genus Parascaptor White-tailed mole, P. leucura Genus Scaptochirus - China Short-faced mole, S. moschatus Genus Talpa Altai mole, T. altaica Aquitanian mole, T. aquitania Blind mole, T. caeca Caucasian mole, T. caucasica Père David's mole, T. davidiana European mole, T. europaea Levant mole, T. levantis Martino's mole, T. martinorum Spanish mole, T. occidentalis Ognev's mole, T. ognevi Roman mole, T. romana Balkan mole, T. stankovici Talysch mole, T. talyschensis

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