TALPIDAE, G. Fischer, 1814

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Talpidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 52-619 : 52

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6671922
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scientific name	TALPIDAE
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Family TALPIDAE View in CoL

(MOLES, DESMANS, STAR-NOSED MOLES AND SHREW MOLES)

• Very small to medium-large insectivores; typically with short velvety fur, short tails, and spade-like, outwardly turned front feet; and predominantly fossorial, but also semi-fossorial, ambulatory, or semi-aquatic habits.

• 10-25 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure

• Various terrestrial and aquatic biomes from boreal zones to tropics.

• 18 genera, 54 species, 83 taxa.

• 2 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.