Mogera minor Kuroda, 1936 . (Botany and Zoology], Tokyo, 4(1), p. 74.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Honshu, Tochigi Pref., Shiobara .

DISTRIBUTION: Honshu, Japan.

SYNONYMS: imaizumii.

COMMENTS: Included in Talpa [ Euroscaptor] micrura by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966); but retained as a separate species by Yoshiyuki (1986). Renamed Talpa wogura imaizumii by Kuroda (1957) for presumed homonymy with Talpa europaea var. minor .