Scapanus latimanus (Bachman 1842)

[Scalops] latimanus Bachman 1842, Boston J. Nat. Hist., 4: 34.

Type Locality: Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., California, USA; fide Osgood (1907:52) .

Vernacular Names: Broad-footed Mole.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. latimanus Bachman 1842

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. anthonyi J. A. Allen 1893

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. campi Grinnell and Storer 1916

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. caurinus F. G. Palmer 1937

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. dilatus True 1894

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. grinnelli Jackson 1914

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. insularis F. G. Palmer 1937

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. minusculus Bangs 1899

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. monoensis Grinnell 1918

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. occultus Grinnell and Swarth 1912

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. parvus F. G. Palmer 1937

Subspecies Scapanus latimanus subsp. sericatus Jackson 1914

Distribution: SC Oregon (USA) to N Baja California (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Hall (1981:69-70) listed 12 subspecies. Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2001, Mammalian Species No. 666). Ceballos and Navarro (1991) listed anthonyi as a distinct species without further reference. Karyotype has 2n = 34, FN = 64 (Yates and Schmidly, 1975).