This mole occurs in western France and northern Spain. Its coat is dark gray to black; the nose tip and broad forefeet are hairless and pink. A regional account from the Cévennes describes it in soft-soil farmland, along woodland edges, and in clearings.
The coat is dark gray to black. The nose tip is hairless and pink, and the broad forefeet are also bare and pink.
The Cévennes National Park account says it favors soft-soil farmland landscapes and often uses woodland edges and clearings rather than forest interiors. Molehills are recorded in meadows.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.