Mogera tokudae Kuroda, 1940 . [A monograph of Japanese mammals ...], Tokyo and Osaka, p. 196.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Sado Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to Sado Isl, Japan according to Yoshiyuki and Imaizumi (1991).

COMMENTS: Overlooked by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966); included in Talpa robusta by Corbet (1978c); but retained as a separate species by Yoshiyuki (1986) and Abe et al. (1991).