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title: "Hairy-tailed Mole"
description: "Parascalops breweri — Mammals. The hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hairy-tailed-mole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hairy-tailed Mole

> Parascalops breweri — Mammals. The hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole.

- Scientific name: *Parascalops breweri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1935
- Wikidata: [Q1470645](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1470645)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47049](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47049)

## Names

- en: Hairy-tailed Mole
- de: Haarschwanzmaulwurf
- fr: Taupe à queue velue
- nl: Borstelmol
- pl: Kopacz szczotkoogonowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1040), CA (727)

## Summary

The hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of the genus Parascalops. The species epithet breweri refers to Thomas Mayo Brewer, an American naturalist.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-tailed_mole

## Photo

![Hairy-tailed Mole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-tailed-mole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leah Fulton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65851794

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hairy-tailed-mole?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).