Townsend's mole

species of mammal

Taxon taxon Q1767406

Facts

9 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: S. townsendii^[7]
Gestation period: +30^[11]
Has characteristic: viviparity^[6]
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern^[3]
Parent taxon: Scapanus^[4]
Taxon common name: Townsend's Mole, Townsend’s Mole, Townsend-Maulwurf^[8]^[9]^[10]
Taxon name: Scapanus townsendii^[5]
Taxon rank: species^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Scapanus townsendii en Townsend's mole cs Scapanus townsendii cs krtek západoamerický cs krtek Townsendův de Townsend-Maulwurf de Scapanus townsendii fr Scapanus townsendii fr taupe de Townsend hu Scapanus townsendii hu Townsend-vakond ja セイブモグラ ko 타운센드두더지 nl Scapanus townsendii nl Townsendmol pl Kretnik pacyficzny pl Scapanus townsendii ru Крот Таунсенда zh 西美鼹鼠

🔖 Identifiers · 25

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Scapanus townsendii.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Scapanus_townsendii
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1004307
Catalogue of Life ID: 6Y3YJ
E-Fauna BC species ID: Scapanus townsendii
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 127138
Fossilworks taxon ID: 51424
Freebase ID: /m/056p73
GBIF taxon ID: 2436191
Global Species ID: 833649
INaturalist taxon ID: 47010
IRMNG ID: 10452638

Show all 25 identifiers +13

ITIS TSN: 179983
IUCN taxon ID: 41475
MSW ID: 13700672
NCBI taxonomy ID: 182675
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007541313105171
NatureServe Explorer ID: 2.101956
Open Tree of Life ID: 799583
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 51424
Species at Risk public registry ID: 142
UBio ID: 107166
UMLS CUI: C1207379
Xeno-canto species ID: Scapanus-townsendii
Yale LUX ID: concept/c4eb3f7c-2de5-43c0-a715-06eadc372370

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IUCN conservation status 1

Least Concern

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Scapanus

Taxon rank 1

species

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Summary

Townsend's mole is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Townsend's mole — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Townsend's mole — IUCN conservation status (P141): Least Concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Townsend's mole — parent taxon (P171): Scapanus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Townsend's mole — taxon name (P225): Scapanus townsendii. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Townsend's mole — has characteristic (P1552): viviparity. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Townsend's mole — short name (P1813): {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. townsendii'}. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Townsend's mole — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Townsend's Mole"}. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-21. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Townsend's mole — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Townsend’s Mole'}. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Townsend's mole — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Townsend-Maulwurf'}. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Townsend's mole — gestation period (P3063): 30 day. Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Townsend's mole is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'hu', 'ko',

Has characteristic → viviparity

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IUCN conservation status → Least Concern

Taxon rank → species

Instance of → taxon

Parent taxon → Scapanus

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