Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans Subfamily Talpinae Batsch, 1788 - moles Genus Scalopus Geoffroy, 1803 - eastern American mole 1 Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern American mole