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Scapanus latimanus (Broad-footed Mole)

Synonyms: Scalops californicus; Scalops latimanus (homotypic); Scapanus anthonyi; Scapanus californicus
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Baja California in Mexico and in California, Nevada and Oregon in the United States at elevations up to 3000 m above sea level.
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Infraspecies

Scapanus latimanus anthonyi
Scapanus latimanus campi
Scapanus latimanus caurinus
Scapanus latimanus dilatus
Scapanus latimanus grinnelli
Scapanus latimanus insularis
Scapanus latimanus latimanus
Scapanus latimanus minusculus
Scapanus latimanus monoensis
Scapanus latimanus occultus
Scapanus latimanus parvus
Scapanus latimanus sericatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.16
EDGE Score: 3.14
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  64 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [3]  40 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Androlaelaps fahrenholzi[1]
Corypsylla ornata[5]
Ixodes angustus[1]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Scapanus latimanus, B. J. Verts and Leslie N. Carraway, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 666, pp. 1–7 (2001)
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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