Echigo Mole | Animalz

Echigo MoleThis large mole occurs in the Echigo Plain of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lives in soft-soil places such as rice paddies and eats earthworms and insects.What does it look like?Shogakukan's encyclopedia describes it as Japan's largest mole, with a head-and-body length of 16–18 cm and a tail 1.9–3 cm long.How does it live?This large mole occurs in the Echigo Plain of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lives in soft-soil places such as rice paddies and eats earthworms and insects.The encyclopedia says it lives in soft-soil places such as rice paddies and feeds on earthworms and insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.