Kloss's mole (''Euroscaptor klossi'') is a species of

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

in the family

Talpidae The family (biology), family Talpidae () includes the true Mole (animal), moles (as well as the shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivore, insectivorous mammals of the order (biology), order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all fossorial, diggi ...

. It is found in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

and

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It was named after zoologist C. Boden Kloss. The

Malaysian mole The Malaysian mole (''Euroscaptor malayanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to the highlands of peninsular Malaysia, making it the southernmost known species of mole. Taxonomy This species was formerly classifie ...

(''E. malayanus'') was formerly considered a subspecies, but a 2008 study supported it being a distinct species.

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Euroscaptor Mammals of Laos Mammals of Thailand Mammals described in 1929 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{talpidae-stub