Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Parascaptor Gill 1875 Parascaptor Gill 1875 , Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. I [check - where does the aeI' go?], 2: 110 . Type Species: Talpa leucura Blyth 1850 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Parascaptor leucura (Blyth 1850) Discussion: Included in Talpa by Corbet and Hill (1991:38) ; but retained as a genus by Abe et al. (1991) .