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title: "Southern Broad-footed Mole"
description: "Scapanus occultus — Ssaki. The southern broad-footed mole (Scapanus occultus) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-broad-footed-mole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Broad-footed Mole

> Scapanus occultus — Ssaki. The southern broad-footed mole (Scapanus occultus) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

- Scientific name: *Scapanus occultus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 417
- Wikidata: [Q109371478](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109371478)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1370682](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1370682)

## Names

- en: Southern Broad-footed Mole
- de: Südlicher Kalifornien-Maulwurf

## Countries with the most observations

US (353)

## Summary

The southern broad-footed mole (Scapanus occultus) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found only in the U.S. state of California and northernmost Baja California in Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Southern Broad-footed Mole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-broad-footed-mole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thea Wang · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48790079

## Machine access

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