Editing Mole (animal) (section)

==Other "moles"==
Many groups of burrowing animals ([[pink fairy armadillo]]s, [[tuco-tuco]]s, [[mole rat]]s, [[mole cricket]]s, [[Tridactyloidea|pygmy mole crickets]], and [[mole crabs]]) have independently developed close physical similarities with moles due to [[convergent evolution]]; two of these are so similar to true moles, they are commonly called and thought of as "moles" in common English, although they are completely unrelated to true moles or to each other. These are the [[golden mole]]s of southern Africa and the [[marsupial mole]]s of Australia. While difficult to distinguish from each other, they are most easily distinguished from true moles by shovel-like patches on their noses, which they use in tandem with their abbreviated forepaws to swim through sandy soils.

===Golden moles===
The golden moles belong to the same branch on the [[phylogenetic tree]] as the [[tenrec]]s, called [[Tenrecomorpha]], which, in turn, stem from a main branch of [[placental]] mammals called the [[Afrosoricida]]. This means that they share a closer common ancestor with such existing afrosoricids as [[elephant]]s, [[manatee]]s and [[aardvark]]s than they do with other placental mammals, such as true Talpidae moles.

* '''ORDER [[Afrosoricida|AFROSORICIDA]]'''
** Suborder [[Tenrecomorpha]]
*** Family [[Tenrecidae]]: tenrecs, 34 species in 10 genera
** '''Suborder Chrysochloridea'''
*** '''Family Chrysochloridae'''
**** Subfamily [[Chrysochlorinae]]
***** Genus ''[[Carpitalpa]]''
****** [[Arends' golden mole]] (''Carpitalpa arendsi'')
***** Genus ''[[Chlorotalpa]]''
****** [[Duthie's golden mole]] (''Chlorotalpa duthieae'')
****** [[Sclater's golden mole]] (''Chlorotalpa sclateri'')
***** Genus ''[[Chrysochloris]]''
****** Subgenus ''Chrysochloris''
******* [[Cape golden mole]] (''Chrysochloris asiatica'')
******* [[Visagie's golden mole]] (''Chrysochloris visagiei'')
****** Subgenus ''Kilimatalpa''
******* [[Stuhlmann's golden mole]] (''Chrysochloris stuhlmanni'')
***** Genus ''[[Chrysospalax]]''
****** [[Giant golden mole]] (''Chrysospalax trevelyani'')
****** [[Rough-haired golden mole]] (''Chrysospalax villosus'')
***** Genus ''[[Cryptochloris]]''
****** [[De Winton's golden mole]] (''Cryptochloris wintoni'')
****** [[Van Zyl's golden mole]] (''Cryptochloris zyli'')
***** Genus ''[[Eremitalpa]]''
****** [[Grant's golden mole]] (''Eremitalpa granti'')
**** Subfamily [[Amblysominae]]
***** Genus ''[[Amblysomus]]''
****** [[Fynbos golden mole]] (''Amblysomus corriae'')
****** [[Hottentot golden mole]] (''Amblysomus hottentotus'')
****** [[Marley's golden mole]] (''Amblysomus marleyi'')
****** [[Robust golden mole]] (''Amblysomus robustus'')
****** [[Highveld golden mole]] (''Amblysomus septentrionalis'')
***** Genus ''[[Calcochloris]]''
****** Subgenus ''Huetia''
******* [[Congo golden mole]] (''Calcochloris leucorhinus'')
****** Subgenus ''Calcochloris''
******* [[Yellow golden mole]] (''Calcochloris obtusirostris'')
****** Subgenus ''[[incertae sedis]]''
******* [[Somali golden mole]] (''Calcochloris tytonis'')
***** Genus ''[[Neamblysomus]]''
****** [[Juliana's golden mole]] (''Neamblysomus julianae'')
****** [[Gunning's golden mole]] (''Neamblysomus gunningi'')

===Marsupial moles===
[[File:Kret workowaty.jpg|thumb|A [[marsupial mole]]]]
As marsupials, these moles are even more distantly related to true talpid moles than golden moles are, both of which belong to the [[Eutheria]], or placental mammals. This means that they are more closely related to such existing Australian marsupials as [[kangaroo]]s or [[koala]]s, and even to a lesser extent to American marsupials, such as [[opossum]]s, than they are to placental mammals, such as golden or Talpidae moles.

'''Class Mammalia'''
*'''Subclass [[Prototheria]]''': monotremes ([[echidna]]s and the [[platypus]])
*'''Subclass Theriiformes''': live-bearing mammals and their prehistoric relatives
**Infraclass [[Holotheria]]: modern live-bearing mammals and their prehistoric relatives
***Supercohort [[Theria]]: live-bearing mammals
****Cohort [[Marsupialia]]: marsupials
*****Magnorder [[Ameridelphia]]: New World marsupials
****** Order [[Didelphimorphia]] (opossums)
****** Order [[Paucituberculata]] (shrew opossums)
*****Superorder [[Australidelphia]] Australian marsupials
****** Order [[Dasyuromorphia]] (the Tasmanian devil, the numbat, thylacines, quolls, dunnarts and others)
****** Order [[Peramelemorphia]] (bilbies, bandicoots and rainforest bandicoots)
****** Order [[Diprotodontia]] (koalas, wombats, diprotodonts, possums, cuscuses, sugar gliders, kangaroos and others)
****** Order [[Notoryctemorphia]] (marsupial moles and closely related extinct families of marsupials)
******* Family [[Notoryctidae]] (living and extinct marsupial mole genera)
******** Genus [[Notoryctes]] (only genus of marsupial moles with living species)
********* Species ''[[Notoryctes typhlops]]'' (southern marsupial mole)
********* Species ''[[Notoryctes caurinus]]'' (northern marsupial mole)