Altai mole

Altai mole
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Talpa
Species:	T. altaica
Binomial name
Talpa altaica Nikolsky, 1883
Altai mole range
Synonyms
gusevi (Fetisov, 1956) irkutensis Dybowski, 1922 saianensis Bielovusev, 1921 salairica Egorin, 1936 salairici Corbet, 1978 sibirica Egorin, 1937 suschkini Kastschenko, 1905 tymensis Egorin, 1937

The Altai mole (Talpa altaica) is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found in northern Mongolia through the taiga zone of the Siberia in Russia.

This mole lives in forested habitat and feeds mainly on earthworms.

This is a common species. It is sometimes caught for its fur.

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