Editing Mole (animal) (section)

==Classification==
[[File:Uropsilus1sm.jpg|thumb|''[[Uropsilus]]'']]
[[File:Scapanus latimanus2.jpg|thumb|[[Northern broad-footed mole]]]]
{{further|List of talpids}}
The family [[Talpidae]] contains all the true moles and some of their close relatives. Those species called "[[shrew mole]]s" represent an intermediate form between the moles and their [[shrew]] ancestors, and as such may not be fully described by the article.

Moles were traditionally classified in the order [[Insectivora]], but that order has since been abandoned because it has been shown to not be [[monophyletic]]. Moles are now classified with [[shrew]]s and [[hedgehog]]s, in the more narrowly defined order [[Eulipotyphla]].<ref>{{Cite journal
 | last1 = Mouchaty | first1 = Suzette K.
 | last2 = Gullberg | first2 = Anette
 | last3 = Janke | first3 = Axel
 | last4 = Arnason | first4 = Ulfur
 | title = The Phylogenetic Position of the Talpidae Within Eutheria Based on Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Sequences
 | journal = Mol Biol Evol | year = 2000 | volume = 17 | issue= 1 | pages = 60–67
 | pmid = 10666706
 | doi = 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026238
| doi-access = free}}</ref>

* Subfamily [[Scalopinae]]: New World moles
** Tribe [[Condylurini]]: Star-nosed mole (North America)
*** Genus ''[[Condylura]]'': Star-nosed mole (the sole species)
** Tribe [[Scalopini]]: New World moles
*** Genus ''[[Alpiscaptulus]]'': Medog mole (China)
***Genus ''[[Parascalops]]'': Hairy-tailed mole (northeastern North America)
*** Genus ''[[Scalopus]]'': Eastern mole (North America)
*** Genus ''[[Scapanulus]]'': Gansu mole (China)
*** Genus ''[[Scapanus]]'': Western North American moles (five species)
* Subfamily [[Talpinae]]: Old World moles, desmans, and shrew moles
**Tribe [[Desmanini]]
***Genus ''[[Desmana]]:'' [[Russian desman]]
***Genus ''[[Galemys]]:'' [[Pyrenean desman]]
**Tribe [[Talpini]]: Old World moles
*** Genus ''[[Euroscaptor]]'': Ten Asian species
*** Genus ''[[Mogera]]'': Nine species from Japan, Korea, and eastern China
*** Genus ''[[Parascaptor]]'': [[White-tailed mole]], southern Asia
*** Genus ''[[Scaptochirus]]'': [[Short-faced mole]], China
*** Genus ''[[Talpa (genus)|Talpa]]'': Thirteen species, Europe and western Asia
** Tribe [[Scaptonychini]]: Long-tailed mole
*** Genus ''[[Scaptonyx]]'': Long-tailed mole (China and Myanmar (Burma))
** Tribe [[Urotrichini]]: Japanese shrew moles
*** Genus ''[[Dymecodon]]'': True's shrew mole
*** Genus ''[[Urotrichus]]'': Japanese shrew mole
** Tribe [[Neurotrichini]]: New World shrew moles
*** Genus ''[[Neurotrichus]]'': American shrew mole (US Pacific Northwest, southwest British Columbia)
* Subfamily [[Uropsilinae]]: Asian shrew moles
** Genus ''[[Uropsilus]]'': Five species in China, Bhutan, and Myanmar (Burma)