.440 FreLp Museum or NaturaL History — Zoétocy, VoL. XI. 
Genus CONDYLURA [Illiger. 
Condylura Mliger, 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; bulla incomplete. 
Dental formula: I. a3, Ca Pm, 4—4, M.3-3= 
. , . 4. 
373 I 4-4 od 
Condylura cristata (LINN.). 
STAR-NOSED MOLE. 
[Sorex] cristatus LINNEUS, Syst. Nat., X ed., I, 1758, p. 53. 
Condylura cristata LAPHAM, Trans. Wis. State Agr. Soc., II, 1852 (1853), p. 338 
(Wisconsin). Krnnicott, Trans. Ill. State Agr. Soc., I, 1853-54 (1855), p- 578 
(Cook Co., Illinois). Jb., Agr. Rept. for 1857, U. S. Patent Office Rept., 1858, 
p. 101 (Illinois, etc.). THomas, Trans. Ill. State Agr. Soc., IV, 1859-60 (1861), 
p. 653 (Illinois). Muves, Rept. Geol. Surv. Mich., I, 1860 (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). ApaAms, Rept. State 
Board Geol. Surv. Mich., 1905 (1906), p. 130 (Michigan). Hann, Ann. Rept. 
Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 613 (Indiana). Woop, 
Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1910, p. 583 (Illinois). Jacxson, 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 vertebre, 
about 2.75 in. (7o 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; 
