Taxonomic revision of the long-tailed mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains

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.