Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Afrosoricida > Family: Talpidae > Genus: Talpa > Species: Talpa europaea

Common mole - Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Most preferred habitats	cropland grassland wetlands woodland and forest
May also occur in	agricultural mosaics heathland and shrub urban
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species. The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included. See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view. Other resources available below may have more information.

Threat status Europe

Least Concern (IUCN)

Most preferred habitats

cropland
grassland
wetlands
woodland and forest

May also occur in

agricultural mosaics
heathland and shrub
urban

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

Other resources available below may have more information.

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Common mole	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Europska krtica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Közönséges vakond	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kret	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Krt podzemný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Krtek obecný	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kurmis	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kurmis	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Maamyyrä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Maulef	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Maulwurf	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mol	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Moldvarp	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Moldvarpa	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muldvarp	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mullvad	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mutt	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Navadni krt	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Talpa	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Talpa europea	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Taupe d'Europe	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tava-mutt	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Topo europeo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Toupeira-europeia	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Urithi	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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