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The star-nosed mole lives in wet lowland areas and eats small invertebrates such as aquatic insects (such as the larvae of caddisflies, midges, dragonflies, damselflies, crane flies, horseflies, predaceous diving beetles, and stoneflies), terrestrial insects, [9] worms (such as earthworms, leeches, and other annelids), [9] mollusks, and aquatic crustaceans, [9] as well as small amphibians and ...
They range in size from the Chinese shrew mole, at 6 cm (2 in) plus a 5 cm ... Star-nosed mole. C. cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) Eastern United States and Canada:
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 [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 ...
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
This means the mole changes in size, shape or color as time passes. The below image shows how a melanoma changed in shape and border over the course of two years.
Moles were traditionally classified in the order Insectivora, but that order has since been abandoned because it has been shown to not be monophyletic. Moles are now classified with shrews and hedgehogs, in the more narrowly defined order Eulipotyphla. [16] Subfamily Scalopinae: New World moles Tribe Condylurini: Star-nosed mole (North America)
Family Talpidae (moles) Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) U; Hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri) C; Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) U; Order Chiroptera (bats)