Mogera
Mogera is a genus of mammals in the family Talpidae. Moles in this genus differ from Old World moles in the genus Talpa in having one fewer pairs of lower incisors and in having larger hind premolars in the lower jaw.[2]
For the kaiju/mecha, see Moguera.
| Mogera | |
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| Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Talpini |
| Genus: | Mogera Pomel, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Talpa wogura[1] Temminck, 1842 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Echigo mole (Mogera etigo)
- Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
- Insular mole (Mogera insularis)
- Kano's mole (Mogera kanoana)
- La Touche's mole (Mogera latouchei)
- Ussuri mole (Mogera robusta)
- Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)
- Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)
- Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai)
References
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "GENUS Mogera". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Jo, Yeong-Seok; Baccus, John T.; Koprowski, John L. (2018). Mammals of Korea. National Institute of Biological Resources. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-89-6811-369-7.
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