Père David's Mole

Taxobox
name = Père David's MoleMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 309]
status = CR
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Insectivore Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 21347 | title = Talpa streeti | downloaded = 2006-05-11 Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Soricomorpha
familia = Talpidae
genus = "Talpa"
species = "T. davidiana"
binomial = "Talpa davidiana"
binomial_authority = (Milne-Edwards, 1884)
synonyms = "Talpa streeti"

Père David's Mole ("Talpa davidiana") is a mole found only in Kurdistan Province, Iran. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. As "T. streeti", it is known as the Persian Mole.

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