To precede Family BoricidsB, page 94 : 



Genus Condylura lUigei*. 



Condylura, lUiger, Prodromus, 1811, 125. 



Astromycier, Harris. 



Talpasorex, Schinz. 



Rhimaster, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb., ii, 1843, 113. 



Generic Charactere.-^MoleB having a fringe of elongated caruncles encif' 

 cling the end of the nose. The nostrils are circular and terminal ; the audi- 

 tory openings are large ; the tail is nearly as long as the body, and is 

 covered with hair. Dentition: i. f:f ; c. jZ\; pm. jZ^; m. |:|=?|^44. 



This genua was founded by Illiger, who based the inappropriate name 

 it bears on a supposed peculiar series of nodes on the tail, caused by its 

 shrinking most around the middle of the Vertebree. 



There is but one species of this remarkable genus, and it is limited to 

 the northern portions of North America. The difiference between Scalops 

 and Condylura are notable. As in the Common MoleS, the fore feet are 

 large and flattened, but longer and narrower; the tail is much larger 

 than in either Scalops cr Scapanus; the eyes are larger and the ear much 

 more fully developed. But the most remarkable characters of Condylura 

 are found in the ciliated extremity of its nose, from which its specific 

 name is derived, and in the laciniated processes on the under surface of 

 its fingers. The teeth, also, are entirely unlike those of the Common 

 Mole. 



Its nearest relationship is with the Genus Urutrichus, which, with it, 

 may be considered, according to Prof. Baird, as forming a connecting 

 link between the Moles and the Shrews. 



CoNDYLUBA CElsTATA (Linn.) Desmafest. 

 Star-nosed Mole. 



1758. Sorex cristatus, Linn., Syst. Nat. (10th ed.), i, 1768, 63 ; ib. (12th ed.), 

 i, 1766, 73.— Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 121.— Schreber, 

 Saugt., iii, 1778, 566.— Bodd., Elenchus Anim., i, 1784, 124.— 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 112. 



1777. Talpa longicauda, Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., i, 1777, 118 (from Pen- 

 nant).— Shaw, Gen, ZooL, Mamm., i, 1800, 523. 



1800. Talpa radiata^ Shaw, Gen. Zool., Mamm., i, 1800, 623. 



1800. Sorex radiatm, Shaw, Gen. Zool., Mamm., i, 1800, 531, pi. cxxx. 



1819. Condylura cristata, Desmarest, Journ. de Physique, Ixxxix, 1819, 

 230; ib., Mamm., i, 1820, 157.— Harlan, Fauna Am., 1826, 36.— 

 Godman, J. A, N. Sc, Phila., V, i, 1826, 169.— Griffith, Cuv., ii, 



