Senkaku mole

The Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai), also known as the Ryukyu mole, is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was formerly classified as being the only species in 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). It is most similar to the Insular mole (Mogera insularis) of Taiwan and Mainland China.[2]

Senkaku mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Mogera
Species:
M. uchidai
Binomial name
Mogera uchidai
Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991
Senkaku mole range

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.[3][4] Its conservation status was upgraded to CR in 2010 by the Biodiversity Center of Japan, although the IUCN still considers that current lack of population data prevents an accurate assessment.[1][5] New population studies have evaluated the species as vulnerable.

Notes
  1. Yasushi Yokohata (2008). "Mogera uchidai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. Motokawa, Masaharu; Lin, Liang-Kong; Cheng, Hsi-Chi; Harada, Masashi (July 2001). "Taxonomic Status of the Senkaku Mole, Nesoscaptor uchidai, with Special Reference to Variation in Mogera insularis from Taiwan (Mammalia: Insectivora)". Zoological Science. 18 (5): 733–740. doi:10.2108/zsj.18.733. ISSN 0289-0003.
  3. EDGE,"Diaoyutai mole (Nesoscaptor uchidai)", Mammal Species Information,2010.
  4. "Ecological Society of Japan""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 日本生態学会(the Ecological Society of Japan、ESJ), Kyoto,2010. (in Japanese and English)
  5. センカクモグラ（絶滅危惧種情報検索）,"ＲＤＢ種情報（動物）種の詳細情報" - 環境省日本生物多様性中心 (in Japanese)

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。 (in Japanese)


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