Common Name
Hairy-tailed Mole
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Talpidae
Species Name
Parascalops breweri
Status
Least concern
States
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
West Virginia
Distribution
North eastern United States and south eastern Canada.
Notes
At night may forage on the surface. Eats earthworms and insects, especially beetles. Habitat is deciduous and coniferous woods, old fields and roadsides with moist but light, well-drained soil. Fosorial. As name implies, has fur on tail.