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The star-shaped nose is a unique organ only found on the star-nosed mole. Living as it does, in complete darkness, the star-nosed mole relies heavily on the mechanical information of its remarkable specialized nose to find and identify their invertebrate prey without using sight (since moles have small eyes and a tiny optic nerve). This organ ...
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 consists of three subfamilies: Scalopinae, containing seven mole species in five genera, Talpinae, containing thirty-three mole, shrew mole, and desman species in eleven genera, and Uropsilinae, containing four shrew mole species in a single genus. Family Talpidae. Subfamily Scalopinae. Genus Condylura (star-nosed mole): one ...
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 ...
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.
Star-nosed mole: Condylura cristata: Uncommon Statewide Hairy-tailed mole: Parascalops breweri: Uncommon Statewide Eastern mole: Scalopus aquaticus: Uncommon
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
Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus. Distribution: central and southern Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998). Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata Star-nosed mole. Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and ...