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GENUS CONDYLURA— Illigbr. 
DENTAL FORMULA. 
2 ^ . 1— 1 7 8-8 
Incisive - ; Canine — ; Molar — = 40. 
4 1 — 1 7 — 7 
Muzzle, long, extremity ciliated ; ears, none ; external eyes, small ; 
feet, pendactylous ; nails before, formed for digging — those behind, weak 
and small. 
The generic name Condylura was given by Illiger, founded on an acci- 
dental character. A figure of Delafaille erroneously represents the tail 
as knobbed : hence the genus was formed from two Greek words — XuvSccSui 
(nodus) and niH (cauda) “ knobbed tail.” 
There is but one well determined species of this genus at present known. 
CONDYLURA CRISTATA.— Link. 
Common Star-Nosed Mole. 
PLATE LXIX. — Natural size. 
C. naribus carunculatus ; caudS corpore breviore ; vellus obscure 
cinereo, nigricans, subtus dilutior. 
CHARACTERS. 
Nostrils, surrounded by a circle of membraneous processes ; tail, shorter 
than the body ; colour, brownish black above, a shade lighter beneath. 
SYNONYMES. 
SoRBx CRiSTATUB, Luin., Ed. 12, p. 73. 
Long TAILED Mole, Pennant’s Hist. Quad., vol. ii., p. 232 to 90, f. 2. 
“ “ Pennant’s Arct. Zool., vol. i., p. 140. 
Talpa longioaudata erx. Syst., tom. i., p. 188. 
Long-tailed Mole, Condylura a lonquequeue, Desm. Mamm., f. i., p. 158. 
“ “ Condylura oristata, Harlan, p. 36. 
“ “ Godm. vol. i., p, 100. 
“ “ C. macroura, HarLin, p. 39. 
“ “ C. longioaudata, Richardson Fauna, p. 13 : C. macroura, p. 234. 
“ “ C. cristata, De Kay, N. Hist. N. Y., p. 12. 
