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The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a small semiaquatic mole found in moist, low elevation areas in the northeastern parts of North America. [3] It is the only extant member of the tribe Condylurini and genus Condylura , and it has more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors in touch organs, known as Eimer's organs , with which this ...
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 ...
Tribe Condylurini: Star-nosed mole (North America) Genus Condylura: Star-nosed mole (the sole species) Tribe Scalopini: New World moles Genus Alpiscaptulus: Medog mole (China) Genus Parascalops: Hairy-tailed mole (northeastern North America) Genus Scalopus: Eastern mole (North America) Genus Scapanulus: Gansu mole (China)
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Star-nosed mole: Condylura cristata: Uncommon Statewide Hairy-tailed mole: Parascalops breweri: Uncommon Statewide Eastern mole: Scalopus aquaticus: Uncommon Piedmont and Valley and Ridge
Eimer's organs are organs for the sense of touch, shaped like bulbous papillae, formed from modified epidermis.First isolated by Theodor Eimer from the European mole in 1871, these organs are present in many moles, and are particularly dense on the star-nosed mole, which bears 25,000 of them on its unique tentacled snout.
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
The star-nosed mole may be present from evidence of burrows. The westernmost site recorded for the star-nosed mole is at Trail Creek at the southern edge of Michigan City just east of the park. Shrews may be more prevalent than the 1988 study found due to the dry conditions that year. [11]