family Talpidae

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Noun1.family Talpidae - moles
Talpidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Insectivora, order Insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
mole - small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
Condylura, genus Condylura - star-nosed moles
genus Parascalops, Parascalops - brewer's moles
genus Uropsilus, Uropsilus - shrew moles
genus Neurotrichus, Neurotrichus - shrew moles
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In the family Talpidae, talpine fossorial moles apparently have short tails as an advance for the lifestyle of using underground burrows (Shibanai 1967).
To date, such a mechanism for storing fats in a part of the body has not been seen in other species belonging to the family Talpidae (Yokohata 1998).
A histological study of tail width variation in the greater Japanese shrew-mole, Urotrichus talpoides
longirostris Bachman, southeastern SC shrew Family Talpidae (moles) S Condylura cristata (Rafinesque) NE star-nosed mole Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus), I eastern mole Order Chiroptera (bats) Family Vespertilionidae (vespertilionid bats) Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois), big I brown bat Lasionycteris noctivagans I (LeConte), silver-haired bat Lasiurus borealis (Muller), red bat I L.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana
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