Mogera etigo
Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1991
Echigo Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Talpinae |
| Tribe | : Talpini |
| Genus | : Mogera |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Yoshiyuki, M. and Imaizumi, Y. 1991-06-22. Taxonomic status of the large mole from the Echigo Plain, central Japan, with description of a new species (Mammalia, Insectivora, Talpidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A)17(2):101-110.
Authority publication link
https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/17_2/BNSM170204.pdfOriginal name as described
Mogera etigo
Other common names
Etigo Mole
Type material
NSMT-M 29390
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Inugaeshi-shinden, Shirone-shi, Echigo Plain, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
Taxonomy notes
split from M. tokudae
Taxonomy notes citation
Abe, H., Ishii, N., Ito, T., Kaneko, Y., Maeda, K., Miura, S. and Yoneda, M. 2005. A Guide to the Mammals of Japan. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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