Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus is distributed throughout the state in loamy and moist sandy soils (Caire et al. 1989). Since Caire et al. (1989), reports have mostly expanded our knowledge of the distribution to include the Panhandle and counties in western and southwestern Oklahoma. Records have been reported from 11 additional counties, including Cimarron County (Dalquest et al. 1990), Cotton and Jefferson counties (Stangl et al. 1992), Washita County (Clark and Tumlison 1992), Delaware, Kiowa, and Roger Mills counties (Braun and Revelez 2005), Alfalfa and Tillman counties (McDonald et al. 2006), Texas County (Roehrs et al. 2008), and Latimer County (McAllister and Loucks 2014). New records are reported of this species from the counties of Beaver, Ellis, and McIntosh.

Specimen records (4).—Beaver County (1): 1.6 km S, 20.1 km E Turpin, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 3541). Ellis County (2): Four Canyon Preserve, Nature Conservancy, 2 (UCOCV-MAM 4154, 6591). McIntosh County (1): 17.7 km W Eufaula on Hwy 9, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 1560).