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BLIND MOLE

The blind mole (Talpa caeca) is a smaller mole, with a longer, slender nose, and whitish hair on the lips, legs, tail and particularly the forelegs found in the Iberian peninsula, northern Italy, the Adriatic coast and Greece. The eyes are permanently closed by a thin membrane which cannot be opened without damage. The upper incisor teeth form a V-shape with the largest, central (first) incisors being more than twice the size of the smallest, peripheral (third) ones. The blind mole is confined to mountainous areas, in contrast to the Roman and Common Moles which are both found in various habitats from the Appenine Mountains and Alps through to coastal areas. In contrast to the Roman Mole (which does not overlap with the Common Mole), the Blind Mole is generally thought to overlap in distribution the Common Mole. Like the common mole, the blind mole eats primarily earthworms, plus beetles and fly larvae, slugs, centipedes and millipedes.
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