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--> TRIBE Urotrichini
--> GENUS Urotrichus
SPECIES Urotrichus talpoides
| Author: | Temminck, 1841. | | Citation: | Het. Instit. K. Ned. Inst.: 215. | | Common Name: | Japanese Shrew Mole | | Type Locality: | Japan, Kyushu, Nagasaki. | | Distribution: | Grassland and forest of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (Japan); Dogo Isl, N Tsushima Isl (Japan). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Imaizumi (1970b:128) recognized five taxa as valid subspecies. Harada et al. (2001) studied the karyotype (2n = 34, FN = 64) of the species and discovered two parapatric karyotype races in C Honshu. |
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