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The Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia during the Pleistocene epoch.

First described in 1945 by Dorothea Bate, this species is known from several palaeontological sites of Sardinia ranging in age from Lower to Upper Pleistocene, and in one site of Middle Pleistocene age in southern Corsica.

Tyrrhenian mole


Temporal range: Pleistocene

Moles
Fossil humerus of the Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica)
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Talpa
Species: T. tyrrhenica
Binomial name
Talpa tyrrhenica

Bate, 1945

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