Bald Mole

Classification
The family Talpidae contains all the true moles and some of their close relatives. Desmans, which are Talpidae but are not normally called "moles" belong to the subfamily Talpinae (slightly different name). Those species called "shrew-moles" represent an intermediate form between the moles and their shrew ancestors.
According to phylogenetic studies there is a sister group relation between the mole (Talpidae) and the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and that the two form a sister clade of the cetferungulates (mammals including whales, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates, and carnivores). On the other hand, there is no monophyletic relation between the mole and the hedgehog, both of whom were previously placed in the now abandoned order Insectivora. As a result, Soricomorpha ("shrew-like animals" including moles), previously within Insectivora, has been elevated to the level of an order.