The family Talpidae (/ˈtælpɪdiː/) includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order...

adapted for digging. The word "mole" refers to any species in the family Talpidae, from the Latin word for mole, talpa. Moles are found in most parts of...

Desmanini (also considered a subfamily, Desmaninae) in the mole family, Talpidae. This tribe consists of two extant monotypic genera of semiaquatic insectivores...

remainder (termed Soricomorpha), comprising the families Soricidae (shrews), Talpidae (moles), Solenodontidae, and Nesophontidae. These two orders then replaced...

(family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons...

the subfamily Uropsilinae, which is one of the three main subfamilies of Talpidae, the other two being Talpinae, or Old World moles and relatives; and the...

Solenodontidae, containing the solenodons; Soricidae, containing the shrews; and Talpidae, containing the moles, shrew moles, and desmans. Erinaceidae has twenty-four...

Scalopinae, or New World moles, are one of three subfamilies of the family Talpidae, which consists of moles and mole-like animals; the other two subfamilies...

shrew mole (Uropsilus dabieshanensis) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae and genus Uropsilus. It is endemic to Anhui Province in China, where, as...

Scapanus is a genus of moles in the family Talpidae. They live in North America from west of the Rockies south to Baja California del Norte, and north...