Altai mole

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| image = Сибирский крот.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Stubbe, M. |author2=Samiya, R. |author3=Ariunbold, J. |author4=Buuveibaatar, V. |author5=Dorjderem, S. |author6=Monkhzul, T. |author7=Otgonbaatar, M. |author8=Tsogbadrakh, M. |author9=Gankhuyag |date=2017 |title=Talpa altaica |volume=2017 |page=e.T41478A22321277 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T41478A22321277.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Talpa altaica

| authority = Nikolsky, 1883

| synonyms =

• Talpa gusevi (Fetisov, 1956)
• Talpa irkutensis Dybowski, 1922
• Talpa saianensis Bielovusev, 1921
• Talpa salairica Egorin, 1936
• Talpa salairici Corbet, 1978
• Talpa sibirica Egorin, 1937
• Talpa suschkini Kastschenko, 1905
• Talpa tymensis Egorin, 1937

| range_map = Altai Mole area.png

| range_map_caption = Altai mole range

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The Altai mole or Siberian mole (Talpa altaica) is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found throughout the taiga zone of south-central Siberia in Russia, as far south as northern Mongolia and Kazakhstan.{{MSW3 Hutterer | id=13700720}}

This mole lives in forested habitat and feeds mainly on earthworms.

This is a common species. It is sometimes caught for its fur.