The family Talpidae (/ˈtælpɪdiː/) includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order...
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Mole (animal) (category Talpidae)
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...
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correspond to the four taxonomical families Erinaceidae, Solenodonstidae, Talpidae, and Soricidae, respectively.) Order Eulipotyphla (= 'Lipotyphla' - Afrosoricida...
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Desman (category Talpidae)
Desmanini (also considered a subfamily, Desmaninae) in the mole family, Talpidae. This tribe consists of two extant monotypic genera of semiaquatic insectivores...
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remainder (termed Soricomorpha), comprising the families Soricidae (shrews), Talpidae (moles), Solenodontidae, and Nesophontidae. These two orders then replaced...
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Scalopinae (category Talpidae)
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...
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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...
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Talpa is a genus in the mole family Talpidae. Among the first taxa in science, Carolus Linnaeus used the Latin word for "mole", talpa, in his Regnum Animale...
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and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles, family Talpidae, and other mole-like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble...
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(2023). "A new shrew mole species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae) from northwestern Vietnam". Zootaxa. 5339 (1): 59–78. doi:10.11646/zootaxa...
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