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Condylura (star-nosed mole)

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Condylura was named by Illinger (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Condylurini by Van Valen (1967) and Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Talpidae by Illinger (1811), Yates and Schmidly (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988) and Albright et al. (2019).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Condylura Illinger
1821Talpasorex Schinz
1825Condylura Gray p. 339
1825Astromycter Harris
1830Rhinaster Wagler
1967Condylura Van Valen
1975Condylura Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Condylura Kurten and Anderson p. 113
1988Condylura Carroll
2008Condylura Gunnell et al.
2019Condylura Albright et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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

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.

G. Condylura Illinger 1811 [star-nosed mole]
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Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 [star-nosed mole]
Invalid names: Astromycter Harris 1825 [synonym], Rhinaster Wagler 1830 [synonym], Talpasorex Schinz 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available