Mogera

Mogera
	Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Tribe:	Talpini
Genus:	Mogera; Pomel, 1848
Type species
	Talpa wogura; Temminck, 1842
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Nesoscaptor Abe, Shiraishi and Arai, 1991;

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]

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.

External links

[msw3-1] 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-2] 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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