Revision of the mole genus Mogera (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae) from Taiwan

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-240

  Kawada, Shin Ichiro ^a,f   Shinohara, Akio ^b   Kobayashi, Shuji ^c   Harada, Masashi ^d   Oda, Sen Ichi ^a   Lin, Liang Kong ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Chukyo Women's University   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Mogera; Mole; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Talpidae

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MOGERA; MOGERA INSULARIS; TALPIDAE;

EID: 34248175394     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200006002271     Document Type: Review

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