Japanese mountain mole
Species of mammal
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The Japanese mountain mole (Oreoscaptor mizura) is a species of Old World mole in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Oreoscaptor. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Talpini |
| Genus: | Oreoscaptor Kawada, 2016 |
| Species: | O. mizura |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreoscaptor mizura (Günther, 1880) | |
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| Japanese Mountain Mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euroscaptor mizura | |
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Taxonomy
Although the Japanese mountain mole was formerly classified in the genus Euroscaptor, a study published by the American Society of Mammalogists found that they did not truly belong to the genus because of earlier evolutionary divergence from other Euroscaptor species.[2] In 2016, the species was reclassified into the new genus Oreoscaptor.[3][4]
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