Mogera latoucher, Pomel, 1848

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La Touche’s Mole

Mogera latoucher

French: Taupe de La Touche / German: La Touche-Maulwurf / Spanish: Topo de La Touche

Taxonomy. Mogera latouchet Thomas, 1907 ,

Kuatun, Fukien (= Fujian), China.

Molecular data indicated low genetic divergence within M. latoucher in Vietnam. Monotypic.

Distribution. S China and N Vietnam.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 116-130 mm, tail 12-16 mm, hindfoot 13:-5-15-5 mm; weight 33-51-8 g. Tail is-4:5—13-3% of head-body length. Dental formulais13/2,C1/1,P4/4,M 3/3 (x2) = 42. Chromosomal complement from Vietnam has 2n = 30 and FNa = 52.

Habitat. Farmland and possibly forests. In Vietnam, La Touche’s Mole occupies lower elevations when sympatric with Kuznetsov’s Mole ( Euroscaptor kuznetsovi) or Orlov’s Mole (E. orlovi).

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. La Touche’s Mole is fossorial.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Abramov et al. (2013), Hoffmann & Lunde (2008), Kawada (2016), Kawada, Nguyen Truong Son & Dang Ngoc Can (2008, 2009), Kawada, Oda et al. (2010), Shinohara et al. (2014).

Figures

22. Altai Mole (Talpa altaica), 23. Pere David’s Mole (Talpa davidiana), 24. Talysch Mole (Talpa talyschensis), 25. Ognev’s Mole (Talpa ognevi), 26. Caucasian Mole (Talpa caucasica), 27. Levant Mole (Talpa levantis), 28. Balkan Mole (Talpa stankovici), 29. Blind Mole (Talpa caeca), 30. Roman Mole (Talpa romana), 31. Iberian Mole (Talpa occidentalis), 32. European Mole (Talpa europaea), 33. Aquitanian Mole (Talpa aquitania), 34. Japanese Mountain Mole (Oreoscaptor mizura), 35. Ussuri Mole (Mogera robusta), 36. Large Japanese Mole (Mogera wogura), 37. Small Japanese Mole (Mogera imaizumii), 38. Sado Mole (Mogera tokudae), 39. Echigo Mole (Mogera etigo), 40. Senkaku Mole (Mogera uchidai), 41. Insular Mole (Mogera insularis), 42. Kano’s Mole (Mogera kanoana), 43. La Touche’s Mole (Mogera latoucher), 44. Himalayan Mole (Ewroscaptor micrurus), 45. Greater Chinese Mole (Euroscaptor grandis), 46. Long-nosed Mole (Euroscaptor longurostris), 47. Kloss’s Mole (Euroscaptor klosst), 48. Kuznetsov’s Mole (Euroscaptor kuznetsovi), 49. Orlov’s Mole (Euroscaptor orlovi), 50. Vietnamese Mole (Euroscaptor subanura), 51. Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens), 52. Malaysian Mole (Euroscaptor malayanus), 53. White-tailed Mole (Parascaptor lewcurus), 54. Short-faced Mole (Scaptochirus moschatus)

Distribution. S China and N Vietnam.