Species
Scapanus latimanus (Broad-footed mole)
Scapanus latimanus. Photo: (c) jpgalvan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.
- 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 latimanus (Broad-footed mole)
- Genus: Scapanus (Western moles)
- Tribe: Scalopini (New world moles)
- Subfamily: Scalopinae (New world moles)
- Family: Talpidae (Moles and desmans)
- Order: Eulipotyphla (Shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and allies)
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
