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Hairy tailed mole
Kingdom	Animilia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Talpinae
Order	Moles
Family	Moles
Genus	Parascalops
Species	breweri

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Description

The hairy tailed mole is dark gray or nearly black with a slightly paler belly and a short hairy tail.

Feet. 5 1/2-6 3/4" long (139-170mm) Tail 7/8-1 3/8 long (23-36mm) weight 1 3/8 oz. (40-64g)

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Habitat

They live in woods that have well drained light soil or in brushy areas. They also like living in woods

adjacent to golf courses. They interact with their environment by digging holes..

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Range

They can be found in south east Canada, throughout the New England states, south through

Pennsylvania and the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee and west through eastern Ohio.

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Food

The hairy tail mole like most other moles eats earthworms, grubs, beetles, and ants, and many

other invertebrates.

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Life cycle

Gestation lasts 5-6 weeks. Litters can be expected from April through May. Babies are

nursed for several weeks leaving to fend for themselves around late April to June. New born

females mate after a year. Life expectancy is for 4 to 5 years.

Survival

They depend on their senses for survival and hunting for food. They live in moist dirt. They use their large feet for digging to forage for food. They live in a warm climates because they don't hibernate.

Some of their natural predators include wolves and foxes...

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	Three interesting facts
	They can be caught by a human hand or even by your house cat.
	They eat up to three times their weight daily.
	The tunnels one mole digs will be used many times by future generations.

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Human Impact

Humans have a negative impact because they may destroy tunnels that the moles have used for

many generations. We also cave in their tunnels, and trap them because they are in our gardens.

The pesticides we use soak into the garden dirt were moles may have tunnels and the pesticides

could kill them.