True's shrew mole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Talpidae |
Genus: | Dymecodon True, 1886 |
Species: | D. pilirostris
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Binomial name | |
Dymecodon pilirostris (True, 1886)
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True's shrew mole range | |
Synonyms | |
Urotrichus pilirostris |
True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) and is a common species above 1000 meters in grassland, shrubland and forest.[1] Sometimes this species is called the lesser Japanese shrew mole and another species, Urotrichus talpoides, is called the "greater Japanese shrew mole".[2]
It is the only species in the genus Dymecodon. It has sometimes been considered belonging to the genus Urotrichus.