Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 (star-nosed mole)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Alternative combination: Sorex cristatus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Condylura according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975
See also Albright et al. 2019, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (10: Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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