Caucasian mole

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Caucasian mole

| image = Talpa caucasica.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Krystufek, B. |date=2016 |title=Talpa caucasica |volume=2016 |page=e.T41480A22321383 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41480A22321383.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Talpa

| species = caucasica

| authority = Satunin, 1908

| range_map = Talpa caucasica distribution map.svg

| range_map_caption = Caucasian mole range

}}

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The Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica) is a mammal in the family Talpidae that is endemic to the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and Georgia.

Ognev's mole (T. ognevi) was formerly classified as a subspecies, but is now thought to be a distinct species.{{Cite journal|last1=Bannikova|first1=Anna A.|last2=Zemlemerova|first2=Elena D.|last3=Colangelo|first3=Paolo|last4=Sözen|first4=Mustafa|last5=Sevindik|first5=M.|last6=Kidov|first6=Artem A.|last7=Dzuev|first7=Ruslan I.|last8=Kryštufek|first8=Boris|last9=Lebedev|first9=Vladimir S.|date=2015-08-18|title=An underground burst of diversity - a new look at the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Talpidae) as revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=175|issue=4|pages=930–948|doi=10.1111/zoj.12298|issn=0024-4082|doi-access=free}}