page_title: List of mammals of Japan
section_title: Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs and moles )
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Japan / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs and moles )
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Japan. There are 153 mammal species in Japan, of which three are critically endangered, twenty-two are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for Japan is considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, gymnures look more like large rats, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
  Family: Soricidae (shrews)
  Subfamily: Crocidurinae
  Genus: Crocidura
  Dsinezumi shrew, Crocidura dsinezumi LR/lc
  Horsfield's shrew, Crocidura horsfieldii LR/lc
  Ryukyu shrew, Crocidura orii EN
  Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens LR/lc
  Genus: Suncus
  Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus LR/lc
  Subfamily: Soricinae
  Tribe: Nectogalini
  Genus: Chimarrogale
  Himalayan water shrew, Chimarrogale himalayica LR/lc
  Flat-headed water shrew, Chimarrogale platycephala LR/lc
  Tribe: Soricini
  Genus: Sorex
  Slender shrew, Sorex gracillimus LR/lc
  Azumi shrew, Sorex hosonoi VU
  Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus LR/lc
  Sado shrew, Sorex sadonis EN
  Shinto shrew, Sorex shinto LR/lc
  Long-clawed shrew, Sorex unguiculatus LR/lc
  Family: Talpidae (moles)
  Subfamily: Talpinae
  Genus: Nesoscaptor
  Ryukyu mole, Nesoscaptor uchidai EN
  Tribe: Talpini
  Genus: Euroscaptor
  Japanese mountain mole, Euroscaptor mizura VU
  Genus: Mogera
  Echigo mole, Mogera etigo EN
  Kobe mole, Mogera kobeae LR/lc
  Small Japanese mole, Mogera minor LR/lc
  Tokuda's mole, Mogera tokudae EN
  Japanese mole, Mogera wogura LR/lc
  Tribe: Urotrichini
  Genus: Urotrichus
  True's shrew mole, Urotrichus pilirostris LR/lc
  Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides LR/lc
caption: Long-clawed shrew
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