Mogera
Genus of mammals
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::summary Genus of mammals ::
| image = Mogera imaizumii.jpg | image_caption = Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) | taxon = Mogera | authority = Pomel, 1848 | type_species = Talpa wogura | type_species_authority = Temminck, 1842 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * Nesoscaptor Abe, Shiraishi and Arai, 1991
Mogera is a genus of mole in the tribe Talpini. They are native to East Asia.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Echigo mole (Mogera etigo)
- Small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
- Insular mole (Mogera insularis)
- Kano's mole (Mogera kanoana)
- La Touche's mole (Mogera latouchei)
- Ussuri mole (Mogera robusta)
- Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)
- Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai)
- Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)
Description
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.
Moles of this genus vary in size. Kawada (2016) made a morphological revision of the Japanese mountain mole and proposed the actual position of this species (then known as Euroscaptor mizura) in Oreoscaptor. In this study, the author presented and compared morphometrics of [O]. mizura with 17 other species of talpids, which included 8 species of the genus Mogera. Some information from this study on their head-body length and tail length (in millimeters) and their weight (in grams) are presented in the table below.
::data[format=table title="Basic morphometrics values of some species of the genus ''Mogera''."]
| Species | Numbers of individuals (n) | Head-Body Length (X, mm) | Head-Body Length (Range, mm) | Tail Length (X, mm) | Tail Length (Range, mm) | Weight (X, grams) | Weight (Range, grams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. etigo | 13 | 164.62 | 157.0 - 170.5 | 26.04 | 23.0 - 29.5 | 123.40 | 94.9 - 161.5 |
| M. imaizumii | 97 | 126.64 | 102.0 - 154.0 | 15.93 | 8.5 - 22.5 | 58.74 | 36.31 - 109.1 |
| M. insularis | 12 | 130.09 | 112.0 - 139.5 | 9.32 | 6.5 - 11.5 | 57.74 | 42.0 - 72.5 |
| M. kanoana | 11 | 121.91 | 113.0 - 133.5 | 11.09 | 8.5 - 13.5 | 39.91 | 23.5 - 59.0 |
| M. latouchei | 17 | 122.26 | 116.0 - 130.0 | 13.94 | 12.0 - 16.0 | 39.56 | 33.0 - 51.8 |
| M. robusta | 5 | 154.10 | 147.0 - 165.0 | 18.10 | 16.0 - 20.5 | 108.62 | 95.9 - 127.3 |
| M. tokudae | 5 | 145.92 | 131.5 - 163.0 | 26.12 | 23.0 - 27.5 | 102.60 | 82.5 - 120.5 |
| M. wogura | 201 | 158.76 | 123.0 - 180.0 | 19.14 | 11.5 - 29.0 | 117.25 | 62.9 - 178.0 |
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References
References
- {{MSW3
- (2018). "Mammals of Korea". National Institute of Biological Resources.
- (2016). "Morphological review of the Japanese mountain mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the proposal of a new genus". Mammal Society of Japan.
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