Japanese Mole

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Japanese Mole[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Mogera
Species: M. wogura
Binomial name
Mogera wogura
(Temminck, 1842)

The Japanese Mole (Mogera wogura), also known as Temminck's Mole, is a species of mole native to East Asia. Its range extends south from the Ussuri River and the Amur River through Manchuria, Korea, and Japan. A solitary and diurnal species, it can live for up to 3.5 years in the wild.

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  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 306-307. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Mogera wogura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-31. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)

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