Altai mole

Altai mole
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Talpa
Species:	T. altaica
Binomial name
	Talpa altaica; Nikolsky, 1883
	Altai mole range
Synonyms
	Talpa gusevi (Fetisov, 1956); Talpa irkutensis Dybowski, 1922; Talpa saianensis Bielovusev, 1921; Talpa salairica Egorin, 1936; Talpa salairici Corbet, 1978; Talpa sibirica Egorin, 1937; Talpa suschkini Kastschenko, 1905; Talpa tymensis Egorin, 1937;

The Altai mole or Siberian mole (Talpa altaica) is a species of mole in the family Talpidae.^[1] It is found throughout the taiga zone of south-central Siberia in Russia, as far south as northern Mongolia and Kazakhstan.^[2]

This mole lives in forested habitat and feeds mainly on earthworms.^[1]

This is a common species. It is sometimes caught for its fur.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stubbe, M.; Samiya, R.; Ariunbold, J.; Buuveibaatar, V.; Dorjderem, S.; Monkhzul, T.; Otgonbaatar, M.; Tsogbadrakh, M.; Gankhuyag (2017). "Talpa altaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41478A22321277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T41478A22321277.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] Stubbe, M.; Samiya, R.; Ariunbold, J.; Buuveibaatar, V.; Dorjderem, S.; Monkhzul, T.; Otgonbaatar, M.; Tsogbadrakh, M.; Gankhuyag (2017). "Talpa altaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41478A22321277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T41478A22321277.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[msw3-2] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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