Himalayan mole

Euroscaptor micrura is one of the ways of Southeast Asian moles within the Moles ( Talpidae ). It is common in parts of the Himalayas from western Yunnan in the People's Republic of China on Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east in India.

Features

Euroscaptor micrura reaches a head-body length of about 12.8 to 13.5 inches and a tail length of 5-9 centimeters. It is similar in appearance Euroscaptor ThomasHL with a dark - brown-black fur, but has a much shorter, club-shaped tail.

Dissemination

Euroscaptor micrura lives in parts of the Himalayas from western Yunnan in the People's Republic of China on Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east in India. On the Malaysia peninsula, an isolated population has been documented in the Cameron Highlands, but this was in 2008 described as a separate species.

The altitudinal distribution ranges from 100 to 2750 meters.

Way of life

Over the life of Euroscaptor micrura There is very little information, but it is likely to coincide with that of the other moles. Thus, they live mostly underground, where they build tunnel systems. Their diet consists of worms, insects and other small animals.

Euroscaptor micrura is nocturnal and lives in subtropical to tropical mountain forests in areas with a foliage -covered or rocky and gravelly soils. In China it inhabits forest areas in which it invests typically shallow tunnel without molehills and not very far digging in the depths.

System

Euroscaptor micrura is assigned as one of six to eight types of the Southeast Asian moles ( Euroscaptor ) within the Moles ( Talpidae ). Subspecies are not described. Part of the nature Euroscaptor was ThomasHL the Euroscaptor micrura assigned as a subspecies.

The former is arranged as a subspecies on the Malay Peninsula Euroscaptor malayana was described in 2008 as a separate species.

Threats and conservation

The species is listed in several protected areas by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN) as not at risk ( least concern ) due to the large distribution area, the presumed large population numbers and the occurrence. Threats to the overall population of the species do not exist, however, in northern India, the species is due to the clearing of forests and threatens the expansion of agricultural land and the hunting locally as a meat source.