Mogera imaizumii

(Kuroda, 1957)

Small Japanese 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuroda, N. 1957-06. A new name for the lesser Japanese mole. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 1(4):74.

Original name as described

Talpa micrura imaizumii

Other common names

Lesser Japanese Mole · Japanese Eastern Mole

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Shiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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