Authority citation: Kawada, S.-I., Shinohara, A., Kobayashi, S., Harada, M., Oda, S.-I. and Lin, L.-K. 2007-05. Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan. Systematics and Biodiversity 5(2):223-240.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477200006002271
Original name as described: Mogera kanoana
Nominal names: montana (Oo, 1938) [nomen nudum] | montana Kano, 1940 [nomen nudum] | kanoana Kawada, Shinohara, Kobayashi, Harada, Oda, & Lin Liangkong, 2007
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Talpidae -- Subfamily: Talpinae -- Tribe: Talpini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: NMNS 009312
Type locality: Tatachia, Yushan National Park, Nantou Province, Taiwan.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Taiwan (TWN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described; it also is used as a replacement name for montana Kishida, 1932 and Kano, 1940 (previously a synonym of M. insularis), which both nomen nuda and preoccupied by montana Cabrera, 1925
Citation: Kawada, S. I., Shinohara, A., Kobayashi, S., Harada, M., Oda, S. I., & Lin, L. K. (2007). Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan. Systematics and Biodiversity, 5(2), 223-240.|Yasuda, M., & Kawada, S. I. (2007). Notes on the validity of Mogera montana Kishida, 1932, for a mountain mole from Taiwan. Mammal study, 32(4), 169-172.
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