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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 golden-rumped elephant shrew, aka golden-rumped sengi, is the largest of the known elephant shrews. They hail from Arabuko Sokoke National Park Mombasa, in Kenya. They prefer moist, dense-brush forests and lowland semi-deciduous forests in coastal areas. These unique looking critters face the threats of habitat destruction and loss at […]

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The northern hairy-nosed wombat, aka Nhn, Yaminon, Wombat À Nez Poilu De Queensland, or Wombat À Narines Poilues Du Queensland, hails only from the Epping Forest National Park, found northwest of Clermont in Central Queensland. They prefer gum tree woodlands, semi-arid sandy grasslands, eucalypt habitats, and habitats abundant with acacia. […]

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The pygmy rabbit hails from the United States. They prefer habitats with deep soil and tall, dense sagebrush that they utilize for shelter and food. These rabbits also favor locales near roads, streams, and fencerows. Pygmy rabbits face a host of threats such as habitat destruction and loss at the […]

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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 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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With around 155 known species in North America alone, the vole is a common critter that can be found in meadows, savannas, forests, dense grasslands, prairies, swamps, arctic tundra, home gardens, and farmland. They can be found from the Alaskan tundra all the way down to Mexico. These critters play […]

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One of the more unusual looking creatures in the animal kingdom is the star-nosed mole. This is a small mole that lives in marshes, forests, and wetlands of North America. They have a very unique star-shaped nose that is ringed with 22 fleshy appendages called “rays”, that they use to […]

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