Echigo mole

Echigo mole
Scientific classification
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
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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.

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