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Roman Mole

Talpa romana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) alberto1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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8 photos

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Easily confused with

European MoleTalpa europaea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.

Italy	8
Sud	8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Mammals · Mammalia
Order	Shrews, Moles, Hedgehogs, and Allies · Eulipotyphla
Family	Moles and Desmans · Talpidae
Genus	Eurasian Moles · Talpa

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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Practise Roman Mole with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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