Talpa

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Roman Mole Talpa romana

  

  The Roman mole digs underground tunnels with broad forefeet shaped for moving soil. It occurs in central and southern Italy and eats earthworms and insect larvae.

• Altai Mole Talpa altaica

  The Altai mole lives in forest soils. Its dense, velvet-like coat partly conceals its eyes, and earthworms are its main food.

• Aquitanian Mole Talpa aquitania

  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.

• Blind Mole Talpa caeca

  The blind mole is a small mole with tiny eyes and digging forefeet. It lives mainly underground and is recorded in mountainous parts of Italy.

• Caucasian Mole Talpa caucasica

  The Caucasian mole has dark fur and eyes hidden beneath translucent skin. It lives in damp soil in the Caucasus.

• Père David’s Mole Talpa davidiana

  It is a mole found in Turkey and possibly Syria. A 2001 paper described a broad snout and short tail using a broader taxonomic concept.

• Hakkari Mole Talpa hakkariensis

  This mole is known from the mountains of Hakkari Province in eastern Turkey. The description reports specimens collected in moist soil, including beside a mountain stream.

• Levant Mole Talpa levantis

  The Levant mole lives in underground tunnels. Its forefeet are broad and shaped for working through soil.

• Martino's Mole Talpa martinorum

  This mole occurs in Thrace along the southwestern Black Sea coast, from southeastern Bulgaria to near Istanbul in Turkey. It has been captured in the soil of grasslands, pastures, orchards, and other habitats.

• Iberian Mole Talpa occidentalis

  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.

• Ognev's Mole Talpa ognevi

  This mole occurs in northeastern Turkey and adjacent Georgia near the southeastern Black Sea. The Mammal Diversity Database treats it as a living species split from the Caucasian Mole.

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Roman Mole Talpa romana

  The Roman mole digs underground tunnels with broad forefeet shaped for moving soil. It occurs in central and southern Italy and eats earthworms and insect larvae.