Himalayan mole

Himalayan mole
Systematics
Order :	Insect eater (Eulipotyphla)
Family :	Moles (Talpidae)
Subfamily :	Old World Moles (Talpinae)
Tribe :	Actual moles (Talpini)
Genre :	Southeast Asian moles ( Euroscaptor )
Type :	Himalayan mole
Scientific name
	Euroscaptor micrura
	( Hodgson , 1841)

The Himalayan mole ( Euroscaptor micrura ) is one of the species of Southeast Asian moles within the moles (Talpidae). It is distributed in parts of the Himalayas from western Yunnan in the People's Republic of China via Nepal and Bhutan to northeast India .

features

The Himalayan mole reaches a head-trunk length of about 12.8 to 13.5 centimeters and a tail length of 0.5 to 0.9 centimeters. In its appearance it corresponds to the Kloss mole ( Euroscaptor klossi ) with a dark black-brown fur, but has a significantly shorter, club-shaped tail.

distribution

Distribution area of the Himalayan mole

The Himalayan mole lives in parts of the Himalayas from western Yunnan in the People's Republic of China to Nepal and Bhutan to northeast India . An isolated population was documented in the Cameron Highlands on Peninsula Malaysia , but was described as a separate species in 2008.

The height distribution ranges from 100 to about 2750 meters.

Way of life

Very little information is available about the way of life of the Himalayan mole, but it should be the same as that of the other moles. According to this, they mostly live underground, where they set up passage systems. Their diet consists of earthworms, insects and other small animals.

The Himalayan mole is nocturnal and lives in subtropical to tropical mountain forests in areas with deciduous or rocky and gravel-rich soils. In China she lives in forest areas in which she usually creates shallow tunnels without molehills and does not dig very deep.

Systematics

The Himalayan mole is assigned as one of six to eight species to the Southeast Asian moles ( Euroscaptor ) within the moles (Talpidae). Subspecies are not described. In some cases, both the Kloss mole ( E. klossi ) and the long-nosed mole ( E. longirostris ) were assigned to the Himalayan mole as a subspecies.

The Euroscaptor malayana , formerly classified as a subspecies on the Malay Peninsula , was described as a separate species in 2008.

Hazard and protection

The species is listed as not endangered ( least concern ) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) due to its large distribution area, the assumed large population numbers and occurrence in several protected areas . There are no threats to the entire population of the species, but in northern India the species is threatened locally by the clearing of forests and the expansion of agricultural land, as well as hunting as a source of meat.

literature

Robert S. Hoffmann , Darrin P. Lunde : Greater Chinese Mole. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie (Eds.): A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 , p. 323.

Web links

Commons : Euroscaptor micrura - collection of images, videos and audio files

Euroscaptor micrura inthe IUCN 2012 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: S. Molur, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

supporting documents

^ ^A ^b ^c Robert S. Hoffmann , Darrin P. Lunde : Greater Chinese Mole. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie (Eds.): A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 , p. 323.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Euroscaptor micrura in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2012.2. Posted by: S. Molur, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b Kawada Shin-ichiro, Yasuda Masatoshi, Shinohara Akio, Lim Boo Liat : Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a True Species, Euroscaptor malayana (Insectivora, Talpidae) (Biodiversity Inventory in the Western Pacific Region II. Indonesia and Malaysia ). In: Memoirs of the National Science Museum. Vol. 45, 2008, ISSN 0082-4755 , pp. 65-74, abstract .
↑ ^a ^b Euroscaptor micrura . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

[Smith_&_Yan_Xie_2009-1] A ^b ^c Robert S. Hoffmann , Darrin P. Lunde : Greater Chinese Mole. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie (Eds.): A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 , p. 323.

[IUCN-2] Euroscaptor micrura in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2012.2. Posted by: S. Molur, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[Kawada_Shin-ichiro_2008-3] Kawada Shin-ichiro, Yasuda Masatoshi, Shinohara Akio, Lim Boo Liat : Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a True Species, Euroscaptor malayana (Insectivora, Talpidae) (Biodiversity Inventory in the Western Pacific Region II. Indonesia and Malaysia ). In: Memoirs of the National Science Museum. Vol. 45, 2008, ISSN 0082-4755 , pp. 65-74, abstract .

[Wilson_&_Reeder_2005-4] Euroscaptor micrura . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .