Mammals of the WorldHimalayan Mole
Euroscaptor micrurus
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Talpidae
- Genus
- Euroscaptor
- IUCN status
- LC (as Euroscaptor micrura)
- Distribution
- Nepal|Bhutan|India|China
- Realm
- Palearctic|Indomalaya
Other names: Short-tailed Mole
About this species
- Habitat
- Burrows
- Range
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia and Nepal
The Himalayan mole, or short-tailed mole, is nocturnal and solitary and lives in a burrow. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia and Nepal. In Bangladesh it was found in Lawachara National Park in 1980 and 2011, and in March 2017 an individual was found in a tea garden at Sreemangal (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is short and gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information, so this entry is limited to range and basic habits (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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