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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaEulipotyphlaTalpidaeParascalops

Brewer's Mole
Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Talpidae
Genus Parascalops
Species Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Carter

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2016.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure
Canada
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Connecticut
S5 Secure
New Hampshire
S5 Secure
Massachusetts
S5 Secure
Virginia
S5 Secure
Vermont
S4 Apparently Secure
New York
S5 Secure
South Carolina
S2 Imperiled
Tennessee
S3 Vulnerable
West Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
Maine
S5 Secure
New Jersey
SU Unrankable
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Maryland
S4 Apparently Secure
North Carolina
S4 Apparently Secure
Georgia
SU Unrankable
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

How to cite this account

Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2773. https://cavebiology.org/species/parascalops-breweri/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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