Mogera
Mogera is a genus of mammals in the family Talpidae. Moles in this genus differ from Old World moles in the genus Talpa in having one fewer pairs of lower incisors and in having larger hind premolars in the lower jaw.[1]
For the kaiju/mecha, see Moguera.
| Mogera | |
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| Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Talpini |
| Genus: | Mogera Pomel, 1848 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Echigo mole (Mogera etigo)
- Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
- Insular mole (Mogera insularis)
- Kano mole (Mogera kanoana)
- Kobe mole (Mogera kobeae)
- Large mole (Ussuri mole) (Mogera robusta)
- Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)
- Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)
- Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai)
References
- Jo, Yeong-Seok; Baccus, John T.; Koprowski, John L. (2018). Mammals of Korea. National Institute of Biological Resources. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-89-6811-369-7.
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