True's shrew mole
| True's shrew mole | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Dymecodon True, 1886 |
| Species: | D. pilirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dymecodon pilirostris True, 1886 | |
| True's shrew mole range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Urotrichus pilirostris | |
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True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) and is a common species above 1000 meters in grassland, shrubland and forest. Sometimes this species is called the lesser Japanese shrew mole and another species, Urotrichus talpoides, is called the "greater Japanese shrew mole".
It is the only species in the genus Dymecodon. It has sometimes been considered belonging to the genus Urotrichus.