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Genus CONDYLURA Illiger. 



Condylura Illiger, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 1811, p. 125. Type 



Sorex cristatus Linn. 



End of muzzle surrounded by numerous fleshy projections, ''star 

 shaped," the nostrils being in the center; tail comparatively long 

 (about 2.75 in.) and thicker in the middle than at the base; second 

 upper and third lower incisors very small; bullae incomplete. 



Dental formula: L ^^, C.^^, Pm. ^—^j M.^— ^ = 44. 

 3-3 i-i 4-4 2>-?> 



Condylura cristata (Linn.). 

 Star-nosed Mole. 



[Sorex] cristatus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., X ed., I, 1758, p. 53. 



Condylura cristata Lapham, Trans. Wis. State Agr. Soc, II, 1852 (1853), p. 338 

 (Wisconsin). Kennicott, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, I, 1853-54 (1855), p. 578 

 (Cook Co., Illinois). /&., Agr. Rept. for 1857, U. S. Patent Office Rept., 1858, 

 p. loi (Illinois, etc.). Thomas, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, IV, 1859-60 (1861), 

 p. 653 (Illinois). Miles, Rept. Geol. Surv. Mich., I, i860 (1861), p. 219 (Mich- 

 igan). Allen, Proc Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1869 (1871), p. 187 (Iowa). 

 Strong, Geol. Wis., Surv. 1873-79, I» 1883, p. 438 (Wisconsin). Bailey, 

 Rept. Orn. & Mamm., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1887, p. 435 (Minnesota). Herrick, 

 Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., Bull. No. 7, 1892, p. 55 (Minnesota). Snyder, 

 Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, II, 1902, p. 32 (Wisconsin). Adams, Rept. State 

 Board Geol. Surv. Mich., 1905 (1906), p. 130 (Michigan). Hahn, Ann. Rept. 

 Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 613 (Indiana). Wood, 

 Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1910, p. 583 (Illinois). Jackson, Bull. 

 Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, VIII, 1910, p. 90 (Wisconsin). 



Type locality — Pennsylvania. 



Distribution — Eastern North America north to about latitude 51°, 

 from Manitoba to the Atlantic coast, south to central Illinois and 

 Virginia and in the Allegheny Mountains at least to North Car- 

 olina and Tennessee. 



Description — End of muzzle surrounded by "star-shaped," fleshy 

 projections; general color smoky brown, slightly paler below; 

 tail more or less covered with blackish hairs; fore feet noticeably 

 large, but smaller than those of the common Mole. 



Measurements — Total length, about 7 in. (178 mm.); tail vertebrae, 

 about 2.75 in. (70 mm.); hind foot with claw, 1.05 in. (26.5 mm.). 



The Star-nosed Mole is found throughout Wisconsin and at least 

 as far south as Edgar Co. in Illinois, although records for the state are 

 by no means numerous. I have seen a specimen taken near Warsaw; 



