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 Scapanus townsendii (Bachman, 1839) - Townsend mole