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).