Species Profile
Talpa europaea
Mole
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Talpa lives in underground tunnels in temperate regions.
It is fossorial and solitary.
Important soil-turning animal.
Size & Structure
01
Cylindrical body
02
Very small eyes
03
Powerful spade-like forelimbs
04
Soft dark fur
Talpa europaea — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Soil aeration
Insect population control
Improves soil fertility
Economic Importance
Agricultural soil improvement
Pest control
Ecological studies