Japanese Shrew Mole

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Japanese Shrew Mole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Urotrichus
Species: U. talpoides
Binomial name
Urotrichus talpoides
Temminck, 1841

The Japanese Shrew Mole (Urotrichus talpoides) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is endemic to Japan.

It is the only species in the genus Urotrichus.

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