Small-toothed Mole
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The Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens) is a species of mammal
in the Talpidae
family. It is endemic to Vietnam
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The small-tooth mole lives in Vietnam. It possibly also lives in Laos and Cambodia. Mostly it is found in Di Linh, Vietnam, and Rakho on the borders of Vietnam and China. They live underground in tunnels. These tunnels are interconnected and complex. The tunnels provide shelter as well a way to get food. Small-tooth moles eat mostly earthworms and insect larvae. The tunnels create a trap for these two kinds of food for the small-tooth mole. The small-tooth mole is very similar to other moles. Mostly, moles do not like in deteriorating habitats like the small-tooth mole, which sets it apart from other moles. The population estimate of the small-tooth mole is unknown. It was classified as critically endangered in 2006 on the list of IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The small-tooth mole is becoming endangered because of its required habitat. The habitat that the animal lives in is deteriorating quickly and growing smaller. The area that small-tooth moles occupy is already limited, without deteriorating land conditions. At this time, there are no measure of conservation in place. In 1990 there was a plan recommended to have field surveyors determine the status of the species of the small-tooth mole, named the IUCN/SSC Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews Action Plan. The studies were inconclusive.
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
in the Talpidae
Talpidae
The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Soricomorpha...
family. It is endemic to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The small-tooth mole lives in Vietnam. It possibly also lives in Laos and Cambodia. Mostly it is found in Di Linh, Vietnam, and Rakho on the borders of Vietnam and China. They live underground in tunnels. These tunnels are interconnected and complex. The tunnels provide shelter as well a way to get food. Small-tooth moles eat mostly earthworms and insect larvae. The tunnels create a trap for these two kinds of food for the small-tooth mole. The small-tooth mole is very similar to other moles. Mostly, moles do not like in deteriorating habitats like the small-tooth mole, which sets it apart from other moles. The population estimate of the small-tooth mole is unknown. It was classified as critically endangered in 2006 on the list of IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The small-tooth mole is becoming endangered because of its required habitat. The habitat that the animal lives in is deteriorating quickly and growing smaller. The area that small-tooth moles occupy is already limited, without deteriorating land conditions. At this time, there are no measure of conservation in place. In 1990 there was a plan recommended to have field surveyors determine the status of the species of the small-tooth mole, named the IUCN/SSC Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews Action Plan. The studies were inconclusive.
Source
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Euroscaptor parvidens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- EDGE:: Mammal Species Information. http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=52 The Zoological Society of London.