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Condylura cristata (star-nosed mole)

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Sorex cristatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Condylura cristata by Illinger (1811), Thomas (1911), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Albright et al. (2019), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. crystata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sorex cristatus Linnaeus p. 53
1811Condylura cristata Illinger
1911Condylura cristata Thomas p. 143
1975Condylura cristata Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Condylura cristata Kurten and Anderson p. 113
2019Condylura cristata Albright et al. p. 167
2025Condylura cristata Eshelman et al. p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
subfamilyTalpinaeFisher von Waldheim 1817
tribeCondyluriniTrouessart 1879
genusCondyluraIllinger 1811
speciescristata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 [star-nosed mole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:41:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Condylura cristata (124319 125941)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Condylura cristata (20554)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Condylura cristata (20302)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Condylura cristata (206990)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Condylura cristata (93332 124950)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Condylura cristata (82258 103991 104758)