European Mole

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q209067
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Summary

European Mole is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,551 views/month, #1,345 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Animal of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Talpa[6]
  • Taxon name: Talpa europaea[7]
  • Commons category: Talpa europaea[8]
  • Temporal range start: Piacenzian[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Talpa europaea[10]
  • Commons gallery: Talpa europaea[11]
  • Main food source: earthworm[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[14]
  • Short name: T. europaea[15]
  • Taxon common name: Topo Europeo[16], Taupe d'Europe[17], Common Mole[18], European Mole[19], Europäischer Maulwurf[20], krtek obecný[21], europese mol, mol[22], Maulwurf[23], kret[24], kontiainen[25], topu européu[26], الطوبين الأوروبي[27], الطوبين الشائع[28], الطوبين المألوف[29]
  • Gestation period: 38 day[30]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[31]

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Identifiers

European Mole's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46970[32]. European Mole's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9375[33]. European Mole's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178988[34]. European Mole's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7872906[35]. European Mole's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633852[36].

Discovery and Description

Things named for European Mole include Mullvad[37], a virtual private network service[38], in Sweden[39].

Why It Matters

European Mole has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include Mullvad[37], a virtual private network service[38], in Sweden[39].

FAQs

What awards did European Mole receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . zdf.de. Retrieved . zdf.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . departments.bucknell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn taxon id → 41481, 221751920
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Iucn taxon id: 221751920, IUCN taxon ID + status ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/67efe3b45ec|details]])"
  2. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'atj', 'avk', 'az', 'ban', 'bar', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'b
    Gnd id → 4169144-1
    Sitelink count → 78
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 27d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Topo Europeo'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Taupe d'Europe"}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Mole'} +13
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  4. 12w ago · MPF · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Topo Europeo'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Taupe d'Europe"}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Mole'} +13
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: European Mole"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0434495-krtek-obecny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0434495-krtek-obecny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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