The Iberian mole lives underground on the Iberian Peninsula. It has dense, glossy dark-brown fur, eyes hidden beneath the skin, and broad forefeet for digging.
Its dense fur is glossy and dark brown. The eyes are hidden beneath the skin, and no outer ear flaps are visible. Its forefeet are broad and adapted for digging.
The Iberian mole digs deep, branching tunnels with its forefeet and uses the whiskers on its snout to find prey inside them. A study published in 2013 examined 75 plots, each 100m by 50m, within a 1,500ha area at the dry edge of its range. Mole abundance was positively associated with earthworm numbers, earthworm biomass and herbaceous cover, and negatively associated with rock cover and soil hardness. In poplar groves, moles were more abundant where irrigation ridges remained. These ridges provide dry shelters for nests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.