Eastern mole
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
The eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a species in the family Talpidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 74.6 g to 91.3 g and live up to 3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the eastern mole
- Weight
- 74.6 g – 91.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 3 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 6.2 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 28 days – 44 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 10.7 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the eastern mole live?
Not recorded
What is the eastern mole?
The eastern mole or common mole (Scalopus aquaticus) 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.
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Is the eastern mole endangered?
The eastern mole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the eastern mole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderEulipotyphla
- familyTalpidae
- genusScalopus
- SpeciesScalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Sorex aquaticus
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Common moleEnglish
- Eastern American moleEnglish
- ToposEnglish
- Goz ReteramerikaBreton
- Talp nord-americà orientalCatalan
- krtek východoamerickýCzech
- Ostamerikanischer MaulwurfGerman
- Ανατολικός ΑσπάλακαςGreek
- Topo orientalSpanish
- Topo norteamericanoSpanish
- Topo occidentalSpanish
- itäamerikankontiainenFinnish
- taupe à queue glabreFrench
- csupaszfarkú vakondHungarian
- トウブモグラJapanese
- Дорнын сохор номинMongolian
- Oost-Amerikaanse MolDutch
- Grzebacz wschodnioamerykańskiPolish
- Scalopus aquaticusPortuguese
- Восточноамериканский кротRussian
- 美洲鼴屬Chinese
Relatives of the eastern mole
Other species in the same genus Scalopus.
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the eastern mole?
An adult eastern mole weighs 74.6 g – 91.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the eastern mole endangered?
The eastern mole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the eastern mole live?
The eastern mole has a recorded lifespan of 3 years.
How long is the eastern mole pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 28 days – 44 days.
What kind of animal is the eastern mole?
The eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) belongs to the family Talpidae in the order Eulipotyphla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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