Mogera

Mogera
	Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Tribe:	Talpini
Genus:	Mogera; Pomel, 1848
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.^[1]

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[]

^ 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[]

[Jo-1] 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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