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 Scapanus Pomel, 1848 - western American moles
           1 Scapanus latimanus (Bachman, 1842) - broad-footed mole
           2 Scapanus orarius True, 1896 - coast mole
           3 Scapanus townsendii (Bachman, 1839) - Townsend mole