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Euroscaptor mizura (Japanese Mountain Mole)

Synonyms: Oreoscaptor mizura (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Euroscaptor mizura

Infraspecies

Euroscaptor mizura mizura
Euroscaptor mizura othai

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.93
EDGE Score: 2.7
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  25 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  40 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Honshu alpine conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests  
Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chubu - Sangaku National Park 430762 Japan      
Mount Hakusan National Park V 219319 Toyama, Japan

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0