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The Juliana’s golden mole is a golden mole species endemic to 2 small locations in South Africa. These critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, mining, and quarrying; and habitat division at the hands of roads and railroads, […]

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The hairy-tailed mole, aka Brewer’s mole, is the only member of the genus Parascalops. They hail from northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. They suffer the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, construction sites watering the soil down and drowning the moles […]

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The coast mole, aka Pacific mole, hails from the Pacific northwest. More specifically British Columbia, Canada; Washington state, Oregon, northern California, and western Idaho, United States. With no real threats, sans some habitat loss and poisoning by farmers, these moles are abundant throughout their ranges and listed as Least Concern […]

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The American shrew mole, aka Gibb’s shrew mole or least shrew mole, is the smallest known species of mole. The reasoning behind it being called a shrew mole instead of either a shrew or a mole is due to its fur, which is typical of shrews and its large head […]

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The mole snake is native to most of southern Africa. These nonvenomous colubrids are known for their ferociousness, and can deal a painful bite. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss and degradation at the hands of residential and commercial developments, and agricultural intensification; plus persecution due to […]

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The Russian desman hails from the Don, Ural, and Volga River basins in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. They prefer ponds, oxbow lakes, and slower moving streams that are densely populated with bushes, water-marsh vegetation, and trees. Due to habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the timber industry and […]

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The mole cricket is part of the order Orthoptera, which includes grasshoppers and crickets. These critters can be found on every continent, sans Antarctica. They are considered a pest species of insect and are treated as such, via pesticides. Due to stable, yet decreasing, populations and worldwide distribution they are […]

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Touted as the world’s largest known mole species, it’s the giant golden mole. There are 21 known species of golden moles and all are endemic (live nowhere else) to South Africa. They can only be found in Pretoria (the Nylsvley region) and southwestern parts of Kruger National Park. Like all […]

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The Pyrenean desman is related to shrews and moles, is semi-aquatic, and oh so odd looking. They can be found in the northern and central parts of Spain and Portugal, French Pyrenees, and Andorra. There are 2 known species of desmans: the European and the Russian. We will focus on […]

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The mole can be found in North America, Europe (sans Ireland), Asia, and parts of Africa. They like meadows, fields, pastures, and open woodland equipped with moist, sandy, loamy soil. These tunnel-loving critters spend up to 99% of their lives in their tunnels. Due to their populations, globally, most moles […]

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