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Darwin's Mole

Euroscaptor darwini

Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Talpidae
Genus
Euroscaptor
IUCN status
NE
Distribution
Vietnam
Realm
Indomalaya

About this species

Habitat
Moist evergreen forest in high limestone mountains, 900–1,100m
Range
North-central Vietnam

Darwin's mole is a small underground-dwelling mammal discovered in the mountain forests of north-central Vietnam. It was named in honour of Charles Darwin (Wikipedia, general species account).

It spends its life underground in mountain soils and uses sensitive whiskers on its snout to navigate and find food. It lives in moist evergreen forests in high limestone mountain ranges at elevations between 900 and 1,100 m.

Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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CC BY 4.0 — Nguyen et al. 2025 (source)