🐾Star-nosed mole
The star-nosed mole is a small semiaquatic mole found in moist, low elevation areas in the northeastern parts of North America. It is the only extant member of the tribe Condylurini and genus Condylura. It has more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors in touch organs, known as Eimer's organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around. With the help of its Eimer's organs, it may be perfectly poised to detect seismic wave vibrations.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.05 kg
- Body length
- 0.12 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 3 years
Everything we know about the Star-nosed mole
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.05 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.06 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Body length0.12 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass1.37 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan3 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Generation length1.53 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity304 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation40 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 40 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density5,000 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Star-nosed mole yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderSoricomorpha
- ›familyTalpidae
- ›genusCondylura
- ›speciesCondylura cristata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEulipotyphla
- familyTalpidae
- genusCondylura
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEulipotyphla
- familyTalpidae
- genusCondylura
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