Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907 Talpa occidentalis Cabrera 1907 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20: 212 . Type Locality: C Spain , Guadarrama Mtns, 1200-1300 m , "La Granja, Segovia". Vernacular Names: Spanish Mole . Distribution: W and C Iberian Peninsula ( Portugal , Spain ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Formerly regarded as a subspecies of caeca , but see Ramalhinho (1985) and Filippucci et al. (1987) . Reviewed by Niethammer ( in Niethammer and Krapp, 1990 ). Karyotype has 2n = 34, FN = 68. Dental morphology of occidentalis and europaea described by Cleef-Roders and Hoek Ostende (2001) .