Dymecodon pilirostris
F. W. True, 1886
True's Shrew Mole
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Talpidae |
Subfamily | : Talpinae |
Tribe | : Urotrichini |
Genus | : Dymecodon |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
True, F.W. 1886-09-02. Description of a new genus and species of mole, _Dymecodon pilirostris_, from Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9:97-98.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600858Original name as described
Dymecodon pilirostris
Other common names
Lesser Japanese Shrew Mole
Type material
USNM:MAMM:15291 (= USNM:MAMM:A22139)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb485d00-46c2-494b-80ea-69f775cb7591Type locality
"Yenosima [= Enoshima], at the mouth of the Bay Yeddo [= Tokyo Bay]," Honshu, Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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