#0176 · 🦊 mammals

Aquitanian mole

Talpa aquitania

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © guspiralsnuvols · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © tibrftn · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © vallespir · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © tibrftn · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Roland Godon · CC BY 4.0
6. © mmontaner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Angoulême:© franckmoi · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 43580 Alleyras, France:© Manuel Ruedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lavalade, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FR:© nottsm · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Roquepine, France:© Ivan Paz-Vinas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Aquitanian mole ( Talpa aquitania ) is a species of small burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae. It is found from the southwest of France to the north of Spain. Closely related to the European mole ( T. europaea ), this species was described in 2017, and it is difficult to distinguish it from it.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 327iNaturalist 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).