Echigo mole
| Echigo mole | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Mogera |
| Species: | M. etigo |
| Binomial name | |
| Mogera etigo Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1991 | |
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| Echigo Mole range | |
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The Echigo mole (Mogera etigo) is an endangered species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan, being found only on the Echigo plain, Niigata prefecture.
Sources
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Mogera etigo. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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