Mogera etigo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Talpoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota Superfamilia: Talpoidea

Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Talpinae
Tribus: Talpini
Genus: Mogera
Species: Mogera etigo

Mogera etigo Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1991: 101

Holotype: NSMT-M 29390, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by E. Tanaka in August 1990.
Type locality: “Inugaeshi-shinden, Shirone-shi, Echigo Plain, Niigata Prefecture, Chûbu District, Honshu, Japan”.

Yoshiyuki, M. & Imaizumi, Y. 1991. Taxonomic status of the large mole from the Echigo Plain, central Japan, with description of a new species (Mammalia, Insectivora, Talpidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series A (Zoology) 17(2): 101–110. PDF Reference page.

Hashimoto, T., Shinohara, A. & Yokohata, Y. 2025. IUCN: Mogera etigo (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T13604A261413761. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T13604A261413761.en. Accessed on 23 March 2026.