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.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmammsocjapan1952/1/4/1_4_74/_pdf/-char/en

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004323

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mogera wogura minor

Kuroda, 1936

Family

Talpidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Shyokubutsu oyobi Dobutsu

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Talpa micrura imaizumii

(Kuroda, 1957)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

imaizumii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan

Mogera imaizumii

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

imaizumii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41465/22323581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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