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The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a small semiaquatic mole found in moist, low elevation areas in the northeastern parts of North America. [3] It is the only extant member of the tribe Condylurini and genus Condylura , and it has more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors in touch organs, known as Eimer's organs , with which this ...
Condylura is a genus of moles that contains a single extant species, the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) endemic to the northern parts of North America. [1] It is also the only living member of the tribe Condylurini.
The family Talpidae [1] (/ ˈ t æ l p ɪ d iː /) includes the true moles (as well as the shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean animals; shrew moles and shrew-like moles somewhat less so; and desmans, while basically aquatic, excavate dry sleeping chambers ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Star-nosed mole. C. cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) Eastern United States and Canada: Size: 10–13 cm (4–5 in) long, plus 5–9 cm (2–4 in) tail [4] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and inland wetlands [5]
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Star-nosed mole: Condylura cristata: Uncommon Statewide Hairy-tailed mole: Parascalops breweri: Uncommon Statewide Eastern mole: Scalopus aquaticus: Uncommon Piedmont and Valley and Ridge
The Scalopininae are divided into two tribes, six genera, and nine species: Tribe Condylurini. Genus Condylura, the star-nosed mole; Tribe Scalopini. Genus Scalopus, the common eastern mole
Eimer's organs are organs for the sense of touch, shaped like bulbous papillae, formed from modified epidermis.First isolated by Theodor Eimer from the European mole in 1871, these organs are present in many moles, and are particularly dense on the star-nosed mole, which bears 25,000 of them on its unique tentacled snout.
The mole runs are in reality "worm traps", the mole sensing when a worm falls into the tunnel and quickly running along to kill and eat it. [10] Because their saliva contains a toxin that can paralyze earthworms, moles are able to store their still-living prey for later consumption.