Japanese mountain mole
| Japanese mountain mole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Talpini |
| Genus: | Oreoscaptor Kawada, 2016 |
| Species: | O. mizura
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreoscaptor mizura (
Günther , 1880) | |
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| Japanese Mountain Mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euroscaptor mizura | |
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The Japanese mountain mole (Oreoscaptor mizura) is a species of
endemic to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Oreoscaptor. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland
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Taxonomy
Although the Japanese mountain mole was formerly classified in the genus Euroscaptor, a study published by the American Society of Mammalogists found that they did not truly belong to the genus because of earlier evolutionary divergence from other Euroscaptor species.[2] In 2016, the species was reclassified into the new genus Oreoscaptor.[3][4]
Morphology
The taxonomic position of the species was reassessed in 2016 based on its external and skeletal morphologies. It was found that the muzzle of this species showed a unique groove on the ventral side, separating it from the rest of the moles in the family.[2][3]
References
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- ^ ISSN 0022-2372.
- ^ S2CID 88959277.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.