Talpidae

The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Soricomorpha. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean animals; shrew moles and shrew-like moles somewhat less so; and desmans, while basically aquatic, excavate dry sleeping chambers; whilst the quite unique star-nosed mole is equally adept in the water and underground. Talpids are found across the Northern Hemisphere and southern Asia, Europe, and North America, although none are found in Ireland nor anywhere in the Americas south of northern Mexico. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Eutheria
European Mole	Japanese shrew mole	Small Japanese mole

phylum	Chordata	The European mole is also known as the common mole and the northern mole. This mole lives in an underground tunnel system, which it constantly extends. It uses these tunnels to hunt its prey. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Talpidae
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
clade	Eulipotyphla
order	Soricomorpha
family	Talpidae
genus	Talpa
species	T. europaea

phylum	Chordata	The Japanese shrew mole or himizu (Urotrichus talpoides) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan and is found on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Awaji Island, Shodo Island, Oki Islands, Tsushima Island, Goto Islands, Mishima Island (Yamaguchi Prefecture), and Awashima Island (Niigata Prefecture), but is absent from Hokkaido. It is one of three Urotrichini and it is the only species in the genus Urotrichus. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Talpidae
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
clade	Eulipotyphla
order	Soricomorpha
family	Talpidae
genus	Urotrichus
species	U. talpoides

phylum	Chordata	The small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is endemic to Japan. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Talpidae
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
clade	Eulipotyphla
order	Soricomorpha
family	Talpidae
genus	Mogera
species	M. imaizumii

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