Roman mole

Roman Mole
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Talpa
Species: T. romana
Binomial name
Talpa romana
Thomas, 1902
Roman Mole range

The Roman Mole (Talpa romana) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is found in southern Italy. (It was last been recorded on Sicily in 1885. There is also an unconfirmed report about an isolated subpopulation in the Var region of southern France.)

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