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Vietnamese Mole

Euroscaptor subanura

Classification

Family
Talpidae

The Vietnamese mole (Euroscaptor subanura) is a species of talpine mole found in Vietnam. The species was first identified in December 2008 in the foothills of the Tam Dao mountains in northern Vietnam. At the time of the formal description of the species in 2012, only nine specimens had been collected, including three that had been held at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, but that had not been previously identified as belonging to a new species.

Distribution

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