Hairy-tailed mole
| Hairy-tailed mole | |
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| 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 | |
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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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