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Moleman - English
URL: http://www.themoleman.com/index.html

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Family Talpidae includes moles, desmans, and shrew-moles. Mole behavior, ecology and mole control.

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Desmana moschata (Russian Desman): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/desmana/d._moschata$narrative.htm

Russian desmans eat aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, amphibians, crustaceans, and insects.

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Galemys pyrenaicus (Iberian Desman): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/galemys/g._pyrenaicus$narrative.h

Iberian desmans eat larval aquatic insects, crustaceans, and terrestrial insects. They will eat appropriate food whether it is alive or dead. Some people have claimed that Iberian desmans forage away from water, but this is uncertain.

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Parascalops breweri - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/parascalops/p._breweri$narrative.

Anatomical Images.

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Scalopus aquaticus (Eastern Mole): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/scalopus/s._aquaticus$narrative.h

Scalopus aquaticus eats primarily earthworms. It also eats insects and their larvae, some vegetation, and, in captivity, ground beef, dog food, mice, and small birds. Each day this mole eats 25 to 100% of its own weight in food.

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Condylura cristata (Star-Nosed Mole): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/condylura/c._cristata$narrative.h

Geographic Range. Physical Characteristics. Natural History. Food Habits. Reproduction. Behavior. Habitat.

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Mole biology - English
URL: http://www.themoleman.com/biology.htm

Moles are from the family Talpidae which includes moles, desmans, and shrew-moles. The North American moles or New World moles are divided into the Subfamily Talpinae and of this group there are six moles on the continent, seven if you count the shrew-mole.

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The Mole Tunnel - English
URL: http://www.moletunnel.net/

Photos, information and links to the biology, distribution and natural history of moles, and their researchers.

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Talpidae Family - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/insectivora/talpidae.htm

The family Talpidae consists of moles and desmans; currently, its approximately 42 species are grouped into 17 genera. Talpids can be found throughout most of North America and Eurasia.

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Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/insectivora.talpidae.html

This family of 15 genera and 32 species is found in Eurasia, north to about 63° N and south to the Mediterranean and the Himalayas, and in North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico.

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