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Scalopina

(Subtribe)

Overview

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Taxonomy

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The Subtribe Scalopina is a member of the Tribe Scalopini. Here is the complete "parentage" of Scalopina:

The Subtribe Scalopina is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Scalopus

The eastern mole or common mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a medium-sized, overall grey North American mole and the only member of the genus Scalopus. Its large, hairless, spade shaped forefeet are adapted for digging. The species is native to Canada (Ontario), Mexico, and the eastern United States, and has the widest range of any North American mole. [more]

Scapanoscapter

Scapanus

Scapanus is a of moles in the family Talpidae. They live in North America from west of the rockies south to Baja California del Norte, and north to British Columbia, wherever conditions permit a mole population; that is to say, apart from the most sandy, rocky, or developed places. As they are one genus, they are very closely related, but as species, they rarely if ever interbreed successfully. [more]

At least 23 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Scapanus.

More info about the Genus Scapanus may be found here.

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:15:27