World Species : Talpa caucasica (Caucasian Mole)

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Talpa caucasica (Caucasian Mole)

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Synonyms: Talpa coeca caucasica; Talpa coeca orientalis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica) is a mammal in the family Talpidae that is endemic to the Caucasus and Talysh Mountains of Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Iran.

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Infraspecies

Talpa caucasica caucasica
Talpa caucasica ognevi
Talpa caucasica orientalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 15.28

EDGE Score: 2.79

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	90 grams
Birth Weight ^[1]	3 grams

Diet ^[2]	Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates ^[2]	100 %
Forages - Ground ^[2]	100 %

Female Maturity ^[1]	10 months 26 days

Gestation ^[1]	31 days
Litter Size ^[1]	4
Litters / Year ^[1]	1
Maximum Longevity ^[1]	7 years
Snout to Vent Length ^[1]	6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Caucasus mixed forests	Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia	Palearctic	Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Crimean Submediterranean forest complex	Russia, Ukraine	Palearctic	Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Pontic steppe	Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine	Palearctic	Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve	Ia	692723	Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia
Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve	Ia	210198	Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Caucasus	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey	Yes

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Centrorhynchus itatsinis	^[3]
Dilepis undula	^[3]
Moniliformis moniliformis	^[3]
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus	^[3]
Porrocaecum depressum	^[3]
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Spirocerca lupi	^[3]
Spirura talpae	^[3]
Tricholinstowia talpae	^[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Nathan 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
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♦ ³Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

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