Oreoscaptor mizura

(A. Günther, 1880)

Japanese Mountain Mole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1880-10. Notes on some Japanese Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880(3):440-443.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522617

Original name as described

Talpa mizura

Other common names

Mizura Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.3.20.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69afff99-b80c-4b12-ba26-ea617976f6e3

Type locality

"in the neighbourhood of Yokohama, " Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

moved form Euroscaptor to the recently described Oreoscaptor

Taxonomy notes citation

Kawada, S.-I. 2016. Morphological review of the Japanese mountain mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) with the proposal of a new genus. Mammal Study 41(4):191-205. doi:10.3106/041.041.0404

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004331

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: 7 names and synonyms.

Talpa mizura

A. Günther, 1880

Family

Talpidae

Root name

mizura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.3.20.17

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the neighbourhood of Yokohama

Type locality

Japan: Kantō Region: Kanagawa Prefecture.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69afff99-b80c-4b12-ba26-ea617976f6e3

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522617

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Talpa mizura hiwaensis

Imaizumi, 1955

Family

Talpidae

Root name

hiwaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 3234

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japan: Chūgoku Region: Hiroshima Prefecture: 34°59′N, 132°59′E.

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Talpa mizura ohtai

Imaizumi, 1955

Family

Talpidae

Root name

ohtai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 1546

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japan: Chūbu Region: Nagano Prefecture.

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Euroscaptor mizura:

Hutterer, 1993

Family

Talpidae

Root name

mizura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Hutterer (1993:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8385/22320533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euroscaptor mizura mizura:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

mizura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Euroscaptor mizura othai:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

othai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

305

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Oreoscaptor mizura:

Kawada, 2016

Family

Talpidae

Root name

mizura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Mammal Study

Name usages

Kawada (2016:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30150)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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