Senkaku Mole

Taxobox
name = Senkaku Mole


status = EN
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Soricomorpha
familia = Talpidae
genus = "Mogera"
species = "M. uchidai"
binomial = "Mogera uchidai"
binomial_authority = Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991
synonyms =

The Senkaku Mole ("Mogera uchidai"), also known as the Ryukyu Mole, is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It was formerly classified as being monotypic within the genus "Nesoscaptor". It is endemic to Japan. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/14563/all Nesoscaptor uchidai] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.