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title: "Eastern Mole"
description: "Scalopus aquaticus — Mammiferi. The eastern mole or common mole is a medium-sized North American mole."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-mole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Mole

> Scalopus aquaticus — Mammiferi. The eastern mole or common mole is a medium-sized North American mole.

- Scientific name: *Scalopus aquaticus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5570
- Wikidata: [Q1353759](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353759)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47014](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47014)

## Names

- en: Eastern Mole
- de: Ostamerikanischer Maulwurf
- es: Topo oriental
- fr: Taupe à queue glabre
- nl: Oost-Amerikaanse mol
- pl: Grzebacz wschodnioamerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (4398), CA (36)

## Summary

The eastern mole or common mole is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only species in the genus Scalopus. It is found in forested and open areas with moist sandy soils in northern Mexico, the eastern United States and the southwestern corner of Ontario in Canada.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Mole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-mole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137188115

## Machine access

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