Clockwise from top right: Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii), Russian desman (Desmana moschata), Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus), European mole (Talpa europaea), Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
Talpidae is one of the four families of small mammals in the order Eulipotyphla. A member of this family is called a talpid and the family includes moles, shrew moles, and desmans. Talpids are found in North America, Europe, and Asia, primarily in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and wetlands, though some species can also be found in deserts or coastal areas. They range in size from the Chinese shrew mole, at 6 cm (2 in) plus a 5 cm (2 in) tail, to the Russian desman, at 22 cm (9 in) plus a 22 cm (9 in) tail. Talpids primarily eat earthworms, insects, and other invertebrates, but some also consume fish, mollusks, amphibians, crustaceans, plants, and fungi. No talpids have population estimates, but the Pyrenean desman and Echigo mole are categorized as endangered species, while the Russian desman is categorized as critically endangered.
The forty-five extant species of Talpidae are divided into three subfamilies: Scalopinae, containing seven mole species in five genera, Talpinae, containing thirty-three mole, shrew mole, and desman species in eleven genera, and Uropsilinae, containing four shrew mole species in a single genus. A few extinct prehistoric Talpidae species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.[1]
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is about 4.5 mm long, broad for a talpid, and has the head oriented farther from the axis of the foot than in talpids. Argentine naturalist Florentino...
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 783 data deficient mammalian species. Of all evaluated mammalian species, 14% are listed as data deficient....
dependence on low frequency auditory cues than seen in Talpid moles. Golden Moles share a number of features, varying by species, seldom seen elsewhere among...
species subpopulation has been assessed as least concern. This is a complete listof least concern mammalian species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species...
often contains a small bone known as the os clitoridis. Many species oftalpid moles exhibit peniform clitorises that are tunneled by the urethra and...
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is a small, densely innervated sensory structure found in the nose of most talpid moles, including the coast mole, which seems to play a critical role...
and a talpid belonging to the subfamily Uropsilinae, representing the first known record of these families from the Miocene Siwalik exposures of India...
(2012). Karyotype of the Gansu mole (Scapanulus oweni): Further evidence for karyotypic stability in talpid [Abstract]. Karyotype of the Gansu Mole (Scapanulus...
genus of mites in the family Haemogamasidae. In North America, they mostly infect rodents, in addition to other small mammals such as shrews, talpids, and...
talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen" (PDF). Historical Biology: An International Journal of...
This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2014, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries...
Formation is the namesake of the community of Sharps Corner, South Dakota. Earth sciences portal Paleontology portal Listof fossiliferous stratigraphic...
Tegulariscaptor gen. nov., from the early Oligocene of south Germany, and the evolution oftalpid fossoriality". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (8): 645–657...
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