Mogera uchidai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Talpoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Superclassis*: 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 uchidai

Name

Mogera uchidai (Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991)

• Holotype: KUF, subadult ♀, skin and skeleton, collected by Satoshi Shiraishi and Shusei Arai on 2 June 1979.
• Type locality: “a grassy field at the west coast of Uotsuri-jima in the Senkaku Islands, the Ryukyu Islands”, Japan.

Combinations

• Nesoscaptor uchidai Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991: 53 [original combination]
• Mogera uchidai Motokawa et al., 2001: 739 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Senkaku Group: Uotsuri-jima.

References

Primary references

• Abe, H., Shiraishi, S. & Arai, S. 1991. A new mole from Uotsuri-jima, the Ryukyu Islands. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 15(2): 47–60. DOI: 10.11238/jmammsocjapan1987.15.47 Reference page. 
• Motokawa, M., Lin, L., Cheng, H. & Harada, M. 2001. Taxonomic status of the Senkaku Mole, Nesoscaptor uchidai, with special reference to variation in Mogera insularis from Taiwan (Mammalia: Insectivora). Zoological Science 18(5): 733–740. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.733 Reference page. 

Links

• Laginha Pinto Correia, D. 2016. IUCN: Mogera uchidai  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14563A22323327. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14563A22323327.en. Accessed on 23 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Ryukyu-Maulwurf
• English: Senkaku Mole
• español: Topo de Senkaku
• français: Taupe des Senkaku
• magyar: Rjúkjú-szigeteki vakond
• 日本語: センカクモグラ
• 中文: 釣魚台鼴