Kano Mole

Kano Mole
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Talpidae
Genus:	Mogera
Species:	M. kanoana
Binomial name
Mogera kanoana Kawada et al.

Kano Mole (Mogera kanoana) is a species of mole native to Taiwan. The specific name kanoana is derived from Tadao Kano, a Japanese naturalist who made the first record of these animals in 1940s.

In 2004, biologists that from Japan and Taiwan found several specimens and confirmed the factuality of the existence of this species.

References

• Shin-ichiro Kawada. et al. Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan. Systematics and Biodiversity 5 (2): 223–240.