Caucasian mole

Caucasian mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Talpa
Species: T. caucasica
Binomial name
Talpa caucasica
Satunin, 1908

The Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica) is a mammal in the family Talpidae that is endemic to the Caucasus and Talysh Mountains of Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Iran.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kryštufek, B. (2016). "Talpa caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.


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