Insular mole

Insular mole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)(includes latouchei and kanoana) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Mogera
Species:	M. insularis
Binomial name
Mogera insularis R. Swinhoe, 1863
Insular mole range (erroneously includes whole of Taiwan)

The insular mole (Mogera insularis) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is restricted to Hainan Island and Taiwan, where it is also known as the Formosan blind mole. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863.