White-tailed mole: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the white-tailed mole lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Parascaptor leucura
Group	Hedgehogs, shrews & moles
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Eulipotyphla
Family	Talpidae

Where does the white-tailed mole live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-tailed mole in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the white-tailed mole endangered?

The white-tailed mole’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-tailed mole?

The white-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) is a mammal in the order Eulipotyphla and the family Talpidae, genus Parascaptor. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-tailed mole

The white-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar. This species are endemic to East Asia and exhibit limited distributions. It is the only species in the genus Parascaptor.

It has a looser articulation between the malleus and the ectotympanic bone and a reduced or absent orbicular apophysis. Parascaptor has a hypertrophied malleus, a feature shared with Scaptochirus but not found in any other talpid genera. It lacks a tensor tympani muscle, possess complete bullae, and has extensions of the middle ear cavity that pneumatize the surrounding basicranial bones.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-tailed mole (revision 1315218891), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1274350 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).