Convergent evolution has resulted in many different animal lineages evolving to look very similar. In this video, we're taking a look at every time things have evolved into moles (it's happened a lot).

More cases of mole convergence!    • Another Time Things Have Evolved Into...  

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Sources:
General -
https://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Fiel...
https://www.oxfordreference.com/displ...

Talpid (True) Moles:
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/vi...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com...
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
https://www.livescience.com/15090-twe...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
https://web.archive.org/web/201707050...

Golden Moles:
https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publicat...
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com...
https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publicat...

Marsupial Moles:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

Epoicotheriidae:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/...
https://web.archive.org/web/201509251...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Rodents:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/a...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

Armadillos:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://bioone.org/journals/edentata/...
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...

Mole Lizards:
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/...

Mole Cricket:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/mol...
https://urbanecologycenter.org/blog/n...

Mole Crabs:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/a...
https://oa.mg/work/2556738839

0:00 - Introduction
1:47 - True Moles (Talpidae)
7:04 - Golden Moles
10:17 - Marsupial Moles
13:38 - Stem-Pangolins
15:47 - Rodents (Spalacidae)
18:34 - Rodents (Blesmols)
19:21 - Rodents (Naked Mole-Rat)
20:19 - Rodents (Tuco-Tucos)
21:00 - Fairy Armadillos
23:15 - Mexican Mole Lizard
23:57 - Mole Cricket
24:58 - Mole Crabs
25:59 - Outro