#0187 · 🦊 mammals

Northern Molevole

🇳🇱 Blinde Woelmuis ·Ellobius talpinus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © К. Руслан и Ф. Виктория · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Владимир SaganSS Каганов · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Светлана Анатольевна Кулёва · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tatyana Sav · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tatyana Sav · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © valek_m · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
8. © Marina Nikonorova · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Светлана Анатольевна Кулёва · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern mole vole ( Ellobius talpinus ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is distributed over large parts of Eastern Europe and Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 204iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
204 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1770 (256 years ago).