Mogera Pomel, 1848

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 29

Genus Mogera Pomel, 1848

Mogera was included in the Genus Talpa ( Corbet 1978) , but Talpa has 44 teeth, whereas, Mogera has 42 teeth due to the loss of one pair of lower incisors ( Motokawa et al. 2001). Although only one species inhabits Korea, the taxonomic status remains controversial.