The Senkaku mole is an animal that lives in the Senkaku Islands of Japan. As the name implies, it is endemic only to the Senkaku Islands. The Senkaku mole is a rare species at the level where only one was captured during the 1979 survey. You can rarely see it. Because it is such a rare animal, it is designated as Critically Endangered by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. Since there is no collected data at all, not much information such as ecology and characteristics is known, and it is said to be a mole with many mysteries.
Habitat
It is endemic only to the Senkaku Islands in Japan.
Characteristic
It is a mammal classified into the genus Mole of the Mole family with a head and trunk length of 129.9 mm, a tail length of 12 mm, a hind leg length of 16 mm, and a weight of 42.7 g. One specimen was found during the 1979 survey, which states that it has fewer teeth than other moles. The other moles have 42, but the Senkaku mole has only 38. The Senkaku mole is said to have an elongated snout compared to other species. It is known that there are some differences in physical characteristics from other moles.
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The detailed ecology of the mysterious Senkaku mole is still unknown. Mole species are generally considered to be animals adapted to temperate-rich soil layers, but the Senkaku mole is distributed in the subtropical zone, which also tends to inhabit an environment different from general moles. I know. There is also a cool area in the Senkaku Islands, and it is speculated that the Senkaku mole is usually active there.
Endangered species
The Senkaku mole is a limited species only in the Senkaku Islands, and since it is said to have a very small population, it has been designated as a critically endangered species by the Japanese Society of Mammalia, and is the most endangered species on the Ministry of the Environment and the Red List of Okinawa Prefecture. It is designated as IA class. The ecology is still full of mysteries and it is completely unknown how it can be bred.
Conservation activities
In 2010, a society to protect the Senkaku mole was established in Japan. Currently, the association has repeatedly applied to the government for permission to land on the Senkaku Islands in order to actually conduct an ecological survey. This is because if you do not understand the ecology, you cannot formulate a protection policy.
Breeding
This animal is an endangered species and at the same time a rare species, so there is no information even at the expert level. It is quite difficult for ordinary people to breed.
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