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Talpa caucasica

Taxon: Insectivora
Author: David Tarkhnishvili

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Scientific Name ID: 45349
Name According To: www.faunaeur.org
Taxon Rank: Order
Scientific Name Authorship:
Vernacular Name: Shrews, moles, hedgehogs
Georgian Name: მწერიჭამიები
GBD Remarks:

Georgia has ten out of 429 insectivores of the World (2%). They belong to three out of six living insectivore families. Simultaneously, six out of these ten species are either endemic of the Caucasus ecoregion or have limited Near Eastern distribution. The real status and distribution limits of these species still to be discovered.




Conservation Status

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