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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Relatives
  6. Shrews, Moles, and Hedgehogs
  7. Moles and Desmans

family

Moles and Desmans

Talpidae

Includes
8 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • New World Moles 7 native
  • Old World Moles and Desmans 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native moles and desmans All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus 5,536 observations
  • Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata 2,437 observations
  • Northern Broad-footed Mole Scapanus latimanus 1,967 observations
  • American Shrewmole Neurotrichus gibbsii 1,955 observations
  • Hairy-tailed Mole Parascalops breweri 1,923 observations
  • Coast Mole Scapanus orarius 1,493 observations
  • Townsend's Mole Scapanus townsendii 226 observations

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