Mogera latouchei

O. Thomas, 1907

La Touche's Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Talpoidea
Family: Talpidae
Subfamily: Talpinae
Tribe: Talpini
Genus: Mogera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-10-09. The Duke of Bedford's zoological exploration in eastern Asia.-V. Second list of mammals from Korea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907(3):462-470.

Original name as described

Mogera latouchei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kuatun, Fukien (= Fujian), China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Vietnam · Laos?

Taxonomy notes

split from M. insularis

Taxonomy notes citation

Kawada, S.-I., Shinohara, A., Kobayashi, S., Harada, M., Oda, S.-I. and Lin, L.-K. 2007. Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan. Systematics and Biodiversity 5(2):223-240. doi:10.1017/S1477200006002271 · Abramov, A.V., Dung, D.T. and Hai, B.T. 2026. A synopsis of East Asian moles of the genus Mogera (Lipotyphla: Talpidae) with emphasis on Vietnamese populations. Russian Journal of Theriology 25(1):16-23. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.25.1.03

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

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