Biology:Japanese mountain mole
| Japanese mountain mole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Talpini |
| Genus: | Oreoscaptor Kawada, 2016 |
| Species: | O. mizura
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreoscaptor mizura (Günther, 1880)
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| Japanese Mountain Mole range | |
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Euroscaptor mizura | |
The Japanese mountain mole (Oreoscaptor mizura) is a species of Old World mole in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan . It is the only member of the monotypic genus Oreoscaptor. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
Taxonomy
Although the Japanese mountain mole was formerly classified in the genus Euroscaptor, a study published by the American Society of Mammalogists found that they did not truly belong to the genus because of earlier evolutionary divergence from other Euroscaptor species.[2] In 2016, the species was reclassified into the new genus Oreoscaptor.[3][4]
Morphology
The taxonomic position of the species was reassessed in 2016 based on its external and skeletal morphologies. It was found that the muzzle of this species showed a unique groove on the ventral side, separating it from the rest of the moles in the family.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Euroscaptor mizura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T8385A22320533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8385A22320533.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8385/22320533.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shinohara, Akio; Kawada, Shin-ichiro; Son, Nguyen Truong; Koshimoto, Chihiro; Endo, Hideki; Can, Dang Ngoc; Suzuki, Hitoshi (2014-06-26). "Molecular phylogeny of East and Southeast Asian fossorial moles (Lipotyphla, Talpidae)" (in en-US). Journal of Mammalogy 95 (3): 455–466. doi:10.1644/13-mamm-a-135. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kawada, Shin-ichiro (2016). "Morphological Review of the Japanese Mountain Mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the Proposal of a New Genus". Mammal Study 41 (4): 191–205. doi:10.3106/041.041.0404. ISSN 1343-4152. https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-41/issue-4/041.041.0404/Morphological-Review-of-the-Japanese-Mountain-Mole-Eulipotyphla-Talpidae-with/10.3106/041.041.0404.full.
- ↑ "Explore the Database". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1004331.
Wikidata ☰ Q305916 entry
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