''Mogera'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of mole in the tribe
Talpini. They are native to East Asia.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
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Echigo mole (''Mogera etigo'')
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Small Japanese mole
The small Japanese mole (''Mogera imaizumii'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. Even though they are extinct in central Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital an ...
(''Mogera imaizumii'')
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Insular mole (''Mogera insularis'')
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Kano's mole (''Mogera kanoana'')
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La Touche's mole
La Touche's mole (''Mogera latouchei'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in eastern China and parts of northern Vietnam. It is named after Irish naturalist John David Digues La Touche.
It was formerly considered a subs ...
(''Mogera latouchei'')
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Ussuri mole (''Mogera robusta'')
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Sado mole (''Mogera tokudae'')
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Senkaku mole (''Mogera uchidai'')
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Japanese mole (''Mogera wogura'')
Description
Moles in this genus differ from Old World moles in the genus ''
Talpa
Talpa may refer to:
Places
* Talpa, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Talpa, Teleorman, a commune in Teleorman County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Cândeşti Commune, Botoşani County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Bârgăuani Co ...
'' in having one fewer pairs of lower incisors and in having larger hind premolars in the lower jaw.
Moles of this genus vary in size. Kawada (2016) made a morphological revision of the Japanese mountain mole and proposed the actual position of this species (then known as Euroscaptor mizura) in ''
Oreoscaptor''. In this study, the author presented and compared morphometrics of ''
mizura'' with 17 other species of talpids, which included 8 species of the genus ''Mogera''.
Some information from this study on their head-body length and tail length (in millimeters) and their weight (in grams) are presented in the table below.
References
External links
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EDGE :: Mammal Species Information
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Mogera
Mammal genera
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