Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Talpinae
Tribe: Talpini
Genus: Mogera
Species (10): M. etigo – M. hainana – M. imaizumii – M. insularis – M. kanoana – M. latouchei – M. robusta – M. tokudae – M. uchidai – M. wogura
Name
Mogera Pomel, 1848: 246
Type species: Talpa wogura Temminck, 1843, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Pomel, A. 1848. Etudes sur les carnassiers insectivores (Extrait). Seconde partie.—Classification des insectivores. Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles 9: 244–251. GoogleBooks Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Asian Moles
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.
Basic morphometrics values of some species of the genus Mogera.[3]
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "GENUS Mogera". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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.
Kawada, S. I. (2016). "Morphological review of the Japanese mountain mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the proposal of a new genus". Mammal Study. 41 (4). Mammal Society of Japan: 191–205. doi:10.3106/041.041.0404. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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