| Senkaku mole | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Mogera |
| Species: | M. uchidai |
| Binomial name | |
| Mogera uchidai Abe, Shiraishi & Arai, 1991 | |
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| Senkaku mole range | |
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.
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. 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. New population studies have evaluated the species as vulnerable.
References
- ^ Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Mogera uchidai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14563A22323327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14563A22323327.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 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. hdl:2433/57216. ISSN 0289-0003. S2CID 53584187.
- "EDGE:: Mammal Species Information(Nesoscaptor uchidai)". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010.
- "センカクモグラ（絶滅危惧種情報検索）". 環境省生物多様性センター (in Japanese).
Further reading
- 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)
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mogera uchidai | |
| Nesoscaptor uchidai | |
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