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SpeciesSoricomorphaTalpidae
Mammals

🐾European Mole

Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758

De mol (Talpa europaea) is een hoofdzakelijk antraciet gekleurd ondergronds levend zoogdier uit de familie der mollen (Talpidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.

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vs you
≈ 1/560th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.11 kg
Body length
0.15 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
7 years
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Everything we know about the European Mole

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.11 kg
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  • 0.09 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
0.15 m
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Brain mass
1.31 g
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Maximum lifespan
7 years
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Generation length
2.74 years
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Age at maturity
335 days
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Gestation
31 days
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  • 28 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
about 4
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  • 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
0 km²
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Population density
350 per km²
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Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for European Mole yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderSoricomorpha
  5. ›familyTalpidae
  6. ›genusTalpa
  7. ›speciesTalpa europaea
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEulipotyphla
  3. familyTalpidae
  4. genusTalpa
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEulipotyphla
  12. familyTalpidae
  13. genusTalpa
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Closest relative on this site
🐾 European hedgehog — last shared an ancestor ≈ 72 million years ago.
What it eats
insects and other invertebrates100%
In other languages
Kret europejski (pl), Talpa europaea (fr), Talpa europaea (es), közönséges vakond (hu), Talpa europaea (it), Toupa europea (gl) … and 24 more languages
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