Scalopus aquaticus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eastern Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Scalopinae
Tribe : Scalopini
Genus : Scalopus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Sorex aquaticus

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"America." Restricted by H. H. T. Jackson in 1915 to "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(MA,RI,CT,NY,PA,NJ,DE,MD,WV,VA,KY,TN,OH,MI,IN,IL,NC,SC,GA,FL,AL,MS,LA,AR,TX,OK,MO,KS,CO,NE,SD,IA,WI,MN,WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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