The small Japanese mole (''Mogera imaizumii'') is a species of mammal in the family

Talpidae The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Japan. Even though they are extinct in central

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, they are found in the grounds of the Imperial Palace.

References

Endemic mammals of Japan Mogera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1936 Taxa named by Nagamichi Kuroda {{soricomorpha-stub