Mogera imaizumii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The small Japanese mole, lesser Japanese mole or Japanese Eastern Mole (Mogera imaizumii) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. Populations of the species occur mostly in Eastern and Northern Honshū (mainland of Japan). Namely, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Ishikawa Prefectures and further north up to the mountainous edges of the Shimokita Peninsula. except for a portion of the Echigo Plain of Niigata Prefecture. They are also found in sporadic populations in mountainous regions in the West and South, in mountains terrains within Kyoto Prefecture and the city of Shōbara, Hiroshima, in the Suzuka Mountains in Mie, southern Kii Peninsula (Wakayama), Mount Tsurugi, Mount Ishizuchi, etc. in Shikoku, and parts of Shōdo Island. It is endemic to Japan.
Although it can still be found within the inner city (23 wards of Tokyo) in places where crop fields remain, but they become scarce when such sites undergo urban development. For example, they are rarely spotted inside the circular track of the Yamanote Line. However, it is found within the grounds of the Imperial Palace. These moles were cut off from the surrounding environment after the completion... Wikipedia →
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No species of the same family or order lives in Tokyo, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Small Japanese Mole sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 11 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Japanese Mole in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in April to October, the lowest months.
Only Tokyo, in our data
Tokyo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Japanese Mole sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Japanese Mole is recorded against all the mammals logged in Tokyo (35 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
