Echigo mole

Echigo mole
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Mogera
Species:	M. etigo
Binomial name
Mogera etigo Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1991
Echigo Mole range

The Echigo mole (Mogera etigo) is an endangered species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan, being found only on the Echigo plain, Niigata prefecture.

References

1. Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Mogera etigo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13604A22323841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13604A22323841.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.