Talpa martinorum

Talpa martinorum is a species of small blind mole in the family Talpidae found in eastern Thrace along the western Black Sea coast in south-eastern Bulgaria and north-eastern Turkey, mainly in the Strandzha mountain range. In Bulgaria it is found in Strandzha Nature Park.[1]

Talpa martinorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Talpa
Species:
T. martinorum
Binomial name
Talpa martinorum
Kryštufek, Nedyalkov, Astrin and Hutterer, 2018.

Taxonomy

Individuals of this species were formerly classified as T. caeca or T. levantis until being classified as a new species. T. martinorum is not closely related to the other Talpa endemic to the Balkans, T. stankovici. Rather, it is most closely related to the widespread T. europaea as well as T. aquitania, and T. occidentalis, both of which are endemic to western Europe. Based on this, T. martinorum likely originated from an isolated population of a mole species that was also ancestral to T. europaea, as is also considered to be the case for the origin of T. aquitania and T. occidentalis. Fossil evidence shows that a mole species similar to the present T. martinorum lived in the region during the Pliocene, indicating that T. martinorum has persisted in its current territory for a long time.[1][2]

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References
  1. Krystufek, Boris; Nedyalkov, Nedko; Astrin, J.J.; Hutterer, Rainer (2018-08-01). "News from the Balkan refugium: Thrace has an endemic mole species (Mammalia: Talpidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 67: 41–57.
  2. "A New Species of Mammal Found in Bulgaria". Retrieved 2018-11-04.
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