Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Echigo mole (Mogera etigo), recorded as Endangered
Echigo mole (Mogera etigo). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Echigo mole

Mogera etigo

Echigo mole, also called Etigo Mole, is a mammal in the family Talpidae (order Soricomorpha) — Mogera etigo, recorded as Endangered and tied to Japan.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Mogera etigo
Recorded from
Japan
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Soricomorpha · Talpidae · Mogera

The mammal

This is a named wild mammal with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to Japan, being found only on the Echigo plain, Niigata prefecture.

GBIF currently lists 86 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Echigo mole is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Echigo mole — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1936568 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Echigo mole?
Echigo mole, also called Etigo Mole, is a mammal in the family Talpidae (order Soricomorpha) — Mogera etigo.
What is the conservation status of Echigo mole?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Mogera etigo. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Echigo mole live?
It is endemic to Japan, being found only on the Echigo plain, Niigata prefecture.
Why is Echigo mole in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Mogera etigo?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Echigo mole a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.