Genus

Scapanus (Western moles)

Scapanus orarius. Photo: (c) Terry Carr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Scapanus is a genus of moles in the family Talpidae. They live in North America from west of the Rockies south to Baja California del Norte, and north to British Columbia, wherever conditions permit a mole population; that is to say, apart from the most sandy, rocky, or developed places. As they are one genus, they are very closely related, but as species, they rarely if ever interbreed successfully.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Eulipotyphla (Shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and allies)
        Family: Talpidae (Moles and desmans)
        Subfamily: Scalopinae (New world moles)
        Tribe: Scalopini (New world moles)
        Genus: Scapanus (Western moles)
        Species: Scapanus orarius (Coast mole)
        Species: Scapanus latimanus (Broad-footed mole)

Subtaxa

Species: Scapanus orarius (Coast mole)

Species: Scapanus latimanus (Broad-footed mole)

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