Eastern moles rarely surface, so most records trace back to the telltale ridges and molehills they push up while tunneling for earthworms and grubs, and Texas’s cluster at Aransas, Padre Island, and Brazoria national wildlife refuges tracks the soft coastal-plain soil this species needs to dig through easily.
Reports peak in May, the clearest single-month signal among nearby Texas mammals, likely tied to spring soil moisture making fresh molehill activity easier to spot rather than any real change in how many moles are working underground. With 571 records, the species ranks common, at the 72nd percentile among the state’s mammals, and NatureServe carries it as S5, Secure statewide.
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