Senkaku mole

Senkaku mole
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Mogera
Species:	M. uchidai
Binomial name
Mogera uchidai Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991
Senkaku mole range

The Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai), also known as the Ryukyu mole, is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was formerly classified as being the only species in the genus Nesoscaptor. It is endemic to the Uotsuri-jima (Japanese: 魚釣島; hiragana: うおつりじま) of the disputed territory of Senkaku Islands, also known as the Diaoyutai Islands (Chinese: 釣魚台列嶼). It is most similar to the Insular mole (Mogera insularis) of Taiwan and Mainland China.^[2]

Ecological threats[]

Its existence is threatened by habitat loss, due to the introduction of domestic goats in 1978; the goats now number more than 300 on this tiny island.^[3][4] Its conservation status was upgraded to CR in 2010 by the Biodiversity Center of Japan, although the IUCN still considers that current lack of population data prevents an accurate assessment.^[1][5] New population studies have evaluated the species as vulnerable.

Notes[]

References[]

• Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Mogera uchidai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
• 伊澤雅子 「センカクモグラ」 『改訂・沖縄県の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物（動物編）-レッドデータおきなわ-』、沖縄県文化環境部自然保護課編 、2005年、19-20頁。 (in Japanese)

External links[]

Wikispecies has information related to Mogera uchidai.

• EDGE:: Mammal Species Information(Nesoscaptor uchidai)
• センカクモグラ（絶滅危惧種情報検索） - 環境省生物多様性センター. (in Japanese)

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