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Talpini
Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World Moles. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae. This tribe contains the following genera and species: * Tribe Talpini ** Genus '' Euroscaptor'' *** Greater Chinese mole, ''E. grandis'' *** Kloss's mole, ''E. klossi'' *** Kuznetsov's mole, ''E. kuznetsovi'' *** Long-nosed mole, ''E. longirostris'' *** Malaysian mole, ''E. malayanus'' *** Himalayan mole, ''E. micrurus'' *** Ngoc Linh mole, ''E. ngoclinhensis'' *** Orlov's mole, ''E. orlovi'' *** Small-toothed mole, ''E. parvidens'' *** Vietnamese mole, ''E. subanura'' ** Genus ''Mogera'' *** Echigo mole, ''M. etigo'' *** Small Japanese mole, ''M. imaizumii'' *** Insular mole, ''M. insularis'' *** Kano's mole, ''M. kanoana'' *** La Touche's mole, ''M. latouchei'' *** Ussuri mole, ''M. robusta'' *** Sado mole, ''M. tokudae'' *** Senkaku mole, ''M. uchidai'' *** Japanese mole, ''M. wogura'' ** Genus '' Oreoscaptor'' *** Japanese mountain mole, ''O. mizura'' ** Genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talpinae
The subfamily Talpinae, sometimes called "Old World moles" or "Old World moles and relatives", is one of three subfamilies of the mole family Talpidae, the others being the Scalopinae, or New World moles, and the Uropsilinae, or shrew-like moles. These mammals in the order Eulipotyphla mainly live under ground. The species in this group are all found in Eurasia, except '' Neurotrichus gibbsii''. Most species have front paws specialized for tunneling which are clawed and face outwards from the body. They mainly eat insects and other small invertebrates. Taxonomy Although most systems recognize this subfamily as monophyletic, some studies indicate that it as currently defined is paraphyletic with respect to the Scalopinae, with Desmanini being the most basal member, then a clade comprising Neurotrichini, Scaptonychini, and Urotrichini, then the Condylurini (otherwise classified in the Scalopinae), and then Talpini and Scalopini being sister groups to one another. The list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mole (animal)
Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The word “mole” refers to any species in the family Talpidae, which means “mole” in Latin. Moles are found in most parts of North America, Europe and Asia. Moles may be viewed as pests to gardeners, but they provide positive contributions to soil, gardens, and ecosystem, including soil aeration, feeding on slugs and small creatures that eat plant roots, and providing prey for other wildlife. They eat earthworms and other small invertebrates in the soil. Terminology In Middle English, moles were known as ''moldwarp''. The expression "don't make a mountain out of a molehill" (which means "exaggerating problems") was first recorded in Tudor times. By the era of Early Modern English, the mole was also known in English as ''mouldywarp'', a wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Mole
The European mole (''Talpa europaea'') is a mammal of the order Eulipotyphla. It is also known as the common mole and the northern mole. This mole lives in a tunnel system, which it constantly extends. It uses these tunnels to hunt its prey. Under normal conditions, the displaced earth is pushed to the surface, resulting in the characteristic molehills. It is an omnivore that feeds mainly on earthworms, but also on insects, centipedes and even mice and shrews. Its saliva contains toxins which paralyze earthworms in particular. Taxonomy The Aquitanian mole (''T. aquitania'') was formerly considered conspecific, but was described as a distinct species in 2017. Distribution The European mole has a wide range throughout Europe and westernmost Asia, being found as far north as the United Kingdom and southern Scandinavia, as far south as northern Greece, and as far east as western Siberia. It is the only mole species in most of this range. The Loire River in France was thought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoc Linh Mole
The Ngoc Linh mole (''Euroscaptor ngoclinhensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to central Vietnam. It was named after Ngọc Linh mountain, which it was first discovered in the vicinity of. Taxonomy ''E. ngoclinhensis'' was described in 2016 as a subspecies of the small-toothed mole (''E. parvidens''), with several anatomical differences distinguishing it from the nominate subspecies. However, a 2020 study found prominent differences in overall size and proportions between ''ngoclinhensis'' and ''parvidens sensu stricto'', and thus split ''E. ngoclinhensis'' as its own distinct species. ''E. ngoclinhensis'' is thought to have split from ''E. parvidens'' during the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, about 4.6 to 2.0 million years ago. Distribution This species is thought to be endemic to the Central Highlands of Vietnam, in Kon Tum and Quang Nam provinces. Moles from Gia Lai Province may also belong to this species. Description This is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Mole
The Japanese mole (''Mogera wogura''), also known as Temminck's mole, is a species of mole endemic to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... A solitary and diurnal species, it can live for up to 3.5 years in the wild. Their sizes vary depending on the temperature and the hardness of the soil they reside in. The Kobe mole (''M. kobeae'') was formerly described as a distinct species, but is now known to be conspecific with ''M. wogura''. This species has shown signs of genetic drift through either paripatric or peripatric speciation. This conclusion has been reached due to the dental anomalies found within the Japanese Mole populations, depending on the region where the Japanese mole is found. ''M. wogura'' is believed to have derived from the arrival of its ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senkaku Mole
The Senkaku mole (''Mogera uchidai''), also known as the Ryukyu mole, is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was formerly classified as being the only species in the genus '' Nesoscaptor''. It is endemic to the Uotsuri-jima ( ja, 魚釣島; hiragana: うおつりじま) of the disputed territory of Senkaku Islands, also known as the Diaoyutai Islands (). It is most similar to the Insular mole (''Mogera insularis'') of Taiwan and Mainland China. Ecological threats Its existence is threatened by habitat loss, due to the introduction of domestic goats in 1978; the goats now number more than 300 on this tiny island. Its conservation status was upgraded to CR in 2010 by the Biodiversity Center of Japan, although the IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ... st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sado Mole
The Sado mole or Tokuda's mole (''Mogera tokudae'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Sado Island is a city located on in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised the entire island, although not all of its total area is urbanized. Sado is the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the four main islands and Ok ..., Japan. References Endemic mammals of Japan Mogera Mammals described in 1940 Taxa named by Nagamichi Kuroda Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{soricomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ussuri Mole
The Ussuri mole or large mole (''Mogera robusta''), is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae, formerlly treated as a subspecies of the Japanese mole. It is found in China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia and lives in a long burrow, seldom emerging on the surface of the ground during the day. Description This mole grows to a total length of with a tail of about . It is adapted for underground life; the body is cylindrical, the fore-feet are spade-like, the nails are flattened and the eyes are small. The short, dense, dorsal pelage is brownish-grey with a metallic sheen and the underparts are silvery-yellow, with a grey patch on the chest. The bare skin on the muzzle and the feet is yellowish. The short tail is well-covered with hair. Distribution and habitat The Ussuri mole occurs in northeastern China, the Korean peninsula and southeastern Russia. Its typical habitat is montane forest and woodland, pasture and agricultural land but it is seldom found on steep ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Touche's Mole
La Touche's mole (''Mogera latouchei'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in eastern China and parts of northern Vietnam. It is named after Irish naturalist John David Digues La Touche. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the insular mole (''M. insularis'') of Hainan Island and eastern Taiwan (or alternatively just eastern Taiwan), but a 2007 genetic analysis found both species to be distinct from one another. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that ''M. latouchei'' is a sister species to a clade comprising the 2-3 island-endemic ''Mogera'' species from China and Taiwan (''M. insularis'', ''M. kanoana'', and ''M. hainana'' if the latter is considered distinct from ''insularis''). Diagnostic characteristics of the species are its small size, dark fur, and wide auditory opening in the skull, the latter of which is distinct from any other ''Mogera'' species. Specimens of ''M. latouchei'' from Vietnam and China have similar skeletal characteristics, but ... [...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] |
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] |
Small Japanese Mole
The small Japanese mole (''Mogera imaizumii'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. Even though they are extinct in central Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ..., they are found in the grounds of the Imperial Palace. References Endemic mammals of Japan Mogera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1936 Taxa named by Nagamichi Kuroda {{soricomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
