Oreoscaptor mizura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

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: Oreoscaptor
Species: Oreoscaptor mizura
Subspecies (2): O. m. mizura – O. m. ohtai

Name

• Oreoscaptor mizura (Günther, 1880)

Type locality: “in the neighbourhood of Yokohama”, Kanagawa Pref., Japan.

Combinations

• Talpa mizura Günther, 1880: 441 [original combination]
• Euroscaptor mizura: Imaizumi, 1948 [name combination, verification needed]
• Mogera mizura: Tsuchiya, 1988: 54 [name combination]
• Oreoscaptor mizura: Kawada, 2016: 194 [name combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1880. Notes on some Japanese Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48(3): 440–443. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1880.tb06578.x
• Tsuchiya, K. 1988. Cytotaxonomic studies of the Family Talpidae from Japan. (in Japanese) Honyurui Kagaku [Mammalian Science] 28: 49–61. DOI: 10.11238/mammalianscience.28.1_49
• Kawada, S. 2016. Morphological Review of the Japanese Mountain Mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the Proposal of a New Genus. Mammal Study 41(4): 191–205. DOI: 10.3106/041.041.0404 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuroda, N. 1948. Nippon no Kemono [Mammals of Japan]. (in Japanese) Bunsyodo, Osaka. DOI: 10.11501/1154930
• Schwarz, E. 1948. Revision of the Old-World moles of the genus Talpa Linnaeus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118: 36–48.
• Imaizumi, Y. 1949. The Natural History of Japanese Mammals. (in Japanese) Yoyosyobou, Tokyo. DOI: 10.11501/1158554
• Imaizumi, Y. 1955. Taxonomic studies on the Japanese mountain mole (Talpa mizura), with description of two new subspecies. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser A 1: 26–38.
• Abe, H. & Yokohata, Y. 1998. The Natural History of Insectivora (Mammalia) in Japan. (in Japanese) Shobara, Hiroshima.
• Shinohara, A., Kawada, S., Son, N.T., Koshimoto, C., Endo, H., Can, D.N. & Suzuki, H. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of East and Southeast Asian fossorial moles (Lipotyphla, Talpidae). Journal of Mammalogy 95(3): 455–466. DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-135 Reference page. 
• Shinohara, A., Kawada, S., Son, N.T., Can, D.N., Sakamoto, S.H. & Koshimoto, C. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and intra-species diversities of three Euroscaptor spp. (Talpidae: Lipotyphla: Mammalia) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 366–375. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Euroscaptor mizura in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Laginha Pinto Correia, D. 2016. IUCN: Oreoscaptor mizura  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T8385A22320533. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8385A22320533.en

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Mountain Mole
日本語: ミズラモグラ

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