''Mogera'' is a genus of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s in the family
Talpidae
The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean a ...
. Moles in this genus differ from Old World moles in the genus ''
Talpa Talpa may refer to:
Places
* Talpa, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Talpa, Teleorman, a commune in Teleorman County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Cândeşti Commune, Botoşani County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Bârgăuani Com ...
'' in having one fewer pairs of lower incisors and in having larger hind premolars in the lower jaw.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
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Echigo mole
The Echigo mole (''Mogera etigo'') is an endangered species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan, being found only on the Echigo plain, Niigata prefecture
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. N ...
(''Mogera etigo'')
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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 ...
(''Mogera imaizumii'')
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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.
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(''Mogera insularis'')
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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 ...
(''Mogera kanoana'')
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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 subs ...
(''Mogera latouchei'')
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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, s ...
(''Mogera robusta'')
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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, altho ...
(''Mogera tokudae'')
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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 Pacifi ...
(''Mogera wogura'')
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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 ...
(''Mogera uchidai'')
References
External links
Mogera tokudae (Sado mole, Tokuda's mole)EDGE :: Mammal Species Information
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Mogera
Mammal genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot