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Insular Mole
The insular mole (''Mogera insularis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is restricted to Hainan Island and Taiwan, where it is also known as the Formosan blind mole. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. Taxonomy La Touche's mole (''M. latouchei'') of mainland China and northern Vietnam was formerly considered conspecific with ''M. insularis'' until a 2007 taxonomic analysis found it to be a distinct species. In addition, the same study found that populations of ''M. insularis'' in the mountainous center and western lowlands of Taiwan represented a new, distinct species, Kano's mole (''M. kanoana''). The same study also treated the Hainan population as a distinct species (''M. hainana'') for the sake of comparing geographic variation, but did not do genetic analysis on it and thus later authorities have not followed through with ''hainana'' as a distinct species. However, a 2021 genetic analysis found ''hainana'' to likely represent a dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Swinhoe
Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836 – 28 October 1877) was an English diplomat and naturalist who worked as a Consul in Formosa. He catalogued many Southeast Asian birds, and several, such as Swinhoe's pheasant, are named after him. Biography Swinhoe was born in Calcutta where his father, who came from a Northumberland family, was a lawyer. There is no clear record of the date of his arrival in England, but it is known he attended the University of London, and in 1854 joined the China consular corps. He was stationed to the remote port of Amoy, some 300 miles to the northeast of Hong Kong, in 1855. While at this port he not only mastered the Chinese language (both official Mandarin and the local Amoy dialect), but also initiated a detailed and authoritative understanding of the ornithology of eastern China. In March, 1856, Swinhoe made an "adventurous" visit to the camphor districts of northwestern Formosa on board a lorcha, a hybrid vessel utilizing a European hull an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano's Mole
Kano's mole (''Mogera kanoana'') is a species of mole endemic to Taiwan. The specific name ''kanoana'' is derived from Tadao Kano, a Japanese naturalist who made the first record of these animals in 1940s. It is found in the mountainous center and the lowlands of southern and eastern Taiwan. In contrast, the insular mole (''M. insularis''), the only other mole in Taiwan, is restricted to the western lowlands of the island. The existence of the species was first noted in 1936, when Kyukichi Kishida was a Japanese zoologist, who published in mammalogy and arachnology. He described several spider genera or species including : * ''Heptathela ''Heptathela'' is a genus of spiders that includes the Kimura spider (''Heptathela kimurai''). Th ... noted that two distinct forms of mole occurred in the lowlands and mountains of Taiwan, naming the mountain form ''yamazimogura''. Although Kishida's research was not fully accepted, Tadao Kano described the mountain species in 1940 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauna Of Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territories under ROC control. The main island measures and lies some across the Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The East China Sea lies to the north of the island, the Philippine Sea to its east, the Luzon Strait directly to its south and the South China Sea to its southwest. The ROC also controls a number of smaller islands, including the Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait, the Kinmen and Matsu Islands near the PRC's coast, and some of the South China Sea Islands. Geologically, the main island comprises a tilted fault block, characterized by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of five rugged mountain ranges running parallel to the east coast, and the flat to g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
