Mammals of the WorldWhite-tailed Mole
Parascaptor leucura
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Talpidae
- Genus
- Parascaptor
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|Bangladesh|Myanmar|China|Laos?
- Realm
- Palearctic|Indomalaya
Other names: Assamese Mole|Blyth's Mole|Indian Mole
About this species
- Range
- Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar
The white-tailed mole is the only species in its genus, in the mole family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar and is endemic to East Asia with a limited distribution. Its middle-ear anatomy has some features shared with one other mole genus but not with the rest (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is mostly about skull anatomy and gives no description of its appearance, measurements, habitat, diet or breeding, so this entry is limited to identification and range (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)