- Senkaku mole
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Senkaku Mole Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Soricomorpha Family: Talpidae Genus: Mogera Species: M. uchidai Binomial name Mogera uchidai
Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991
Senkaku Mole range 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 the Uotsuri-jima (Japanese: 魚釣島; hiragana: うおつりじま) of the disputed territory of Senkaku Islands, also known as the Diaoyutai Islands (Chinese: 釣魚台列嶼). Owing to the territorial dispute between Japan and China, the mole is known as the Diaoyutai mole (Chinese: 釣魚台鼴; pinyin: diàoyútái yèn) in Chinese.[1]
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Ecological threats
Its existence is threatened by habitat loss, due to the introduction of domestic goats in 1978; the goats now number more than 300 on this tiny island.[1][2]
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References
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Mogera uchidai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- 伊澤雅子 「センカクモグラ」 『改訂・沖縄県の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物（動物編）-レッドデータおきなわ-』、沖縄県文化環境部自然保護課編 、2005年、19-20頁。 (Japanese)
External links
- EDGE:: Mammal Species Information(Nesoscaptor uchidai)
- センカクモグラ（絶滅危惧種情報検索） - 環境省生物多様性センター. (Japanese)
