Hairy-tailed mole

Hairy-tailed mole
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Tribe: Scalopini
Genus: Parascalops
True, 1894
Species:
P. breweri
Binomial name
Parascalops breweri
(Bachman, 1842)
Hairy-tailed mole range
Synonyms
  • Scalops breweri Bachman, 1842

The hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of the genus Parascalops. The species epithet breweri refers to Thomas Mayo Brewer, an American naturalist.

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