True's shrew mole
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| True's shrew mole | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Dymecodon |
| Species: | D. pilirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dymecodon pilirostris (True, 1886) | |
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| True's shrew mole range | |
True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is endemic to Japan.
It is the only species in the genus Dymecodon . It was recently moved from the genus Urotrichus.
References
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Urotrichus pilirostris
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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