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Scalopus aquaticus (Eastern Mole)

Synonyms: Scalops aquaticus; Sorex aquaticus (homotypic)
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern mole or common mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a medium-sized, overall grey North American mole and the only member of the genus Scalopus. Its large, hairless, spade-shaped forefeet are adapted for digging. The species is native to Canada (Ontario), Mexico, and the eastern United States, and has the widest range of any North American mole.
View Wikipedia Record: Scalopus aquaticus

Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
14
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
41
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 28.77
EDGE Score: 3.39

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  90 grams
Birth Weight [1]  5 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  11 months 5 days
Male Maturity [1]  11 months 5 days
Gestation [1]  36 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  6 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (15 cm)
Weaning [1]  36 days

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Citations

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4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
5Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
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8Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
9PREY HANDLING AND DIET OF LOUISIANA PINE SNAKES (PITUOPHIS RUTHVENI) AND BLACK PINE SNAKES (P. MELANOLEUCUS LODINGI), WITH COM- PARISONS TO OTHER SELECTED COLUBRID SNAKES, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard N. Conner, Christopher S. Collins, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, Toni Trees, C. Michael Duran, Marc Ealy, John G. Himes, Herpetological Natural History, 9(1), 2002, pages 57-62
10International Flea Database
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0