Azuma Mogura (English name) Japanese mole

An animal of the mammalian class, insectivora, family Talidae. Its head and body length is about 15 centimeters. It is endemic to Japan and is found throughout central and northern Honshu, but is also found in isolated habitats in the mountainous regions of Shikoku, Chugoku, and Kinki.

[Ei Abe]

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哺乳(ほにゅう)綱食虫目モグラ科の動物。頭胴長約15センチメートル。日本特産種で本州中部以北一帯に分布するが、四国、中国、近畿の山地にも孤立して生息する。

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