Oreoscaptor mizura

(A. Günther, 1880)

Japanese Mountain Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Talpinae
Tribe : Talpini
Genus : Oreoscaptor

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1880-10. Notes on some Japanese Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880(3):440-443.

Original name as described

Talpa mizura

Other common names

Mizura Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.3.20.17

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"in the neighbourhood of Yokohama," Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

moved form Euroscaptor to the recently described Oreoscaptor

Taxonomy notes citation

Kawada, S. I. (2016). Morphological Review of the Japanese Mountain Mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the Proposal of a New Genus. Mammal Study, 41(4), 191-205.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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