Condylura cristata (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 300

Condylura cristata (Linnaeus 1758)

[Sorex] cristatus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 53 .

Type Locality: USA, Pennsylvania.

Vernacular Names: Star-nosed Mole.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Condylura cristata subsp. cristata Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Condylura cristata subsp. nigra Smith 1940

Distribution: Georgia and NW South Carolina ( USA) to Nova Scotia and Labrador ( Canada); Great Lakes region to SE Manitoba.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Peterson and Yates (1980, Mammalian Species No. 129) who included parva as a subspecies. However, Hartman (in Wilson and Ruff, 1999) stated that nigra is a synonym of parva , in which case nigra has priority. Karyotype has 2n=34, FN = 64 ( Yates and Schmidly, 1975).