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Moles and Desmans

Talpidae · 2 species

In Québec, the family Talpidae (order Eulipotyphla) counts 2 species of mammals. The stars? Star-nosed Mole and Hairy-tailed Mole, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 2 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Capitale-Nationale2
  2. Mauricie2
  3. Estrie2
  4. Montréal2
  5. Outaouais2
  6. Nord-du-Québec2
  7. Lanaudière2
  8. Laurentides2
  9. Montérégie2
  10. Centre-du-Québec2
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  14. Côte-Nord1
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  16. Laval1

Moles and Desmans 2

Eulipotyphla
All91Carnivora30Artiodactyla25Rodentia18Chiroptera8Eulipotyphla5Lagomorpha4Didelphimorphia1
Talpidae
All5Soricidae3Talpidae2
Star-nosed Mole210 observations
Hairy-tailed Mole128 observations