Talpa occidentalis (Spanish Mole; Iberian mole)







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Talpa occidentalis (Spanish Mole; Iberian mole)




Contents
  • Attributes

  • Citations

  • Consumers

  • Ecoregions


  • EDGE Analysis

  • Hotspots

  • Predators

  • Protected Areas

  • Range Map

  • Wikipedia Abstract



Wikipedia Abstract


The Spanish mole (Talpa occidentalis) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.

View Wikipedia Record: Talpa occidentalis


EDGE Analysis



Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 

7

 Unique (100)


Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 

31

 Unique & Vulnerable (100)


ED Score: 15.28


EDGE Score: 2.79


Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes








Diet [1]  		Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Diet - Invertibrates [1]  		100 %

Forages - Ground [1]  		100 %

Ecoregions


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Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use

Cantabrian mixed forests
Spain, Portugal
Palearctic
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests




Iberian conifer forests
Spain
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub




Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
Spain, Portugal
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub




Northwest Iberian montane forests
Portugal, Spain
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub




Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands
Spain
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub




Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub





Protected Areas

















Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use

Paul do Boquilobo Biosphere Reserve Nature Reserve
IV
1352
Portugal

 

Biodiversity Hotspots











Name Location Endemic Species Website

Mediterranean Basin
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
No

Predators




Zamenis scalaris (Ladder Snakes)		[2]

Consumers


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Parasitized by 
Aonchotheca europaea <Unverified Name>[3]
Capillaria talpae <Unverified Name>[3]
Choanotaenia filamentosa <Unverified Name>[3]
Ityogonimus lorum <Unverified Name>[3]
Ityogonimus ocreatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Liniscus capillaris <Unverified Name>[3]
Omphalometra flexuosa <Unverified Name>[3]
Parastrongyloides winchesi <Unverified Name>[3]
Soboliphyme huridiniformis <Unverified Name>[3]
Spirura talpae <Unverified Name>[3]
Tricholinstowia mornanti <Unverified Name>[3]


Range Map



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Distribution


External References

Photos


Citations


Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Correlates between morphology, diet and foraging mode in the Ladder Snake Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz, 1822), Juan M. Pleguezuelos , Juan R. Fernández-Cardenete , Santiago Honrubia , Mónica Feriche , Carmen Villafranca, Contributions to Zoology, 76 (3) – 2007
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 WWF WildFINDER

Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund


Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License






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