The Mole Tunnel

   Classification:
     Kingdom: Animalia
     Phylum: Chordata
     Class: Mammalia
     Order: Eulipotyphla
     Family: Talpidae

   Mole Information:
     Evolution & phylogeny
     General biology
     Mole researchers

   Moles of the World:
    Shrew-like moles
     Asiatic shrew-like moles

    Desmans
     Iberian desman
     Russian desman

    Shrew-moles
     American shrew-mole
     Japanese shrew-moles
     Chinese long-tailed mole

    New World moles
     Broad-footed mole
     Coast mole
     Eastern mole
     Hairy-tailed mole
     Star-nosed mole
     Townsend's mole

    Old World Moles
     Eurasian moles
     Senkaku mole

Kevin L. Campbell Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Manitoba Z320 Duff Roblin Bldg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada Ph: (204)474-6397 Fax: (204)474-7588 Email: campbelkcc.umanitoba.ca Mole research interests: Evolutionary, metabolic, respiratory and molecular physiology		Kenneth C. Catania Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Station B, Box 1812 Nashville, Tennessee 37235 USA Ph: (615)936-8277 Fax: (615)343-0336 Email: kenneth.cataniavanderbilt.edu Mole research interests: Neuroethology, sensory biology, behaviour and evolution

Edwin Gould Curator Emeritus National Zoo Smithsonian Institution 6505 Carlinda Av Columbia, Maryland 21046-1019 Ph: (410) 730-2146 Email: edgould@erols.com Mole research interests: Musculature and function of the snout of the star-nosed mole		Gregory D. Hartman Assistant Professor & Curator W.A.K. Seale Vertebrate Museum Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA 70609 USA Ph: (318) 475-5672 Fax: (318) 475-5677 Email: ghartman@mail.mcneese.edu Mole research interests: Ecology and Natural History

Howard P. (Sandy) Whidden Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences East Stroudsburg University East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 USA Ph: (570)422-3714 Email: hwhidden@po-box.esu.edu Mole research interests: Comparative myology, morphology, systematics and phylogeny		Hisashi Abe Professor Emeritus 26-17, Katsuraoka-cho Otaru, 047-0264 Japan Ph/Fax : 0134-62-6022 Email: hisasi-a@xa2.so-net.ne.jp Mole research interests: Natural history, ecology, morphology, classification and evolution

Masashi Harada Associate Professor Laboratory Animal Center Osaka City University Medical School Abeno, Osaka 545-8585 Japan Ph : 81-6-6645-2672 Fax : 81-6-6646-6099 Email: haradam@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp Mole research interests: Cytogenic studies, karyotype comparisons, parasitology		Shin-ichiro Kawada Curator of Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians Department of Zoology National Science Museum 3-23-1, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0073 Japan Ph : 81-3-3364-2311 Fax : 81-3-3364-7104 Email: kawada@kahaku.go.jp Mole research interests: Systematic relationships and speciation

Kazuhiro Koyasu Assistant Professor The Second Department of Anatomy School of Dentistry Aichi-Gakuin University Nagoya, 464-8650 Japan Ph : 052-751-2561 Fax : 052-752-5988 Email: koyasu@dpc.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp Mole research interests: Comparative ontogenic research of tooth morphogenesis		Alexei Kryukov Head Laboratory of Evolutionary Zoology and Genetics Russian Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Branch Institute of Biology and Soil Science 159, 100 let. Vladivostok Pr. Vladivostok, 690022, Russia Ph : (4232)311-392 Fax : (4232)310-193 Email: akryukov@mail.primorye.ru Mole research interests: Phylogeny, speciation, karyology

Masaharu Motokawa Assistant Professor The Kyoto University Museum Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Ph : 81-75-753-3285 Fax : 81-75-753-3276 Email: motokawa@inet.museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp Masaharu's home page Mole research interests: Taxonomy, morphology and systematics		Akio Shinohara Research Associate Department of Bio-resources, Division of Biotechnology, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692 Japan Tel : 81-985-85-2971 Fax : 81-985-85-6951 Email: mogura3@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp Mole research interests: Molecular talpid phylogeny; variability and speciation of Japanese shrew-moles

Hitoshi Suzuki Professor Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science Hokkaido University North 10, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810 Japan Ph : 81-11-706-2279 Fax : 81-11-706-2225 Email: htsuzuki@ees.hokudai.ac.jp Mole research interests: Phylogeny and evolution		Yashushi Yokohata Laboratory of Environmental Biology Faculty of Education Toyama University Toyama, 930-8555 Japan Ph : 076-445-6376 Fax : 076-445-6264 Email: yokohata@edu.toyama-u.ac.jp Mole research interests: Morphology, behavior, ecology, parasitic helminthology and conservation (especially of Senkaku mole)

J. Martin Collinson Reader in Biomedical Sciences School of Medical Sciences University of Aberdeen Institute of Medical Sciences Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD UK Ph: +44 (0)1224 555712/+44 (0)1224 555750 Fax: +44 (0)1224 555719 Email: m.collinson@abdn.ac.uk Lab Webpage Mole research interests: Development and evolution of eys		Jorge Gonzalez-Esteban Postdoctoral Fellow Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi Departamento de Vertebrados Alto de Zorroaga E-20014 San Sebastián, Spain Ph: 34 948 450809 Email: abanades@wanadoo.es Mole research interests: Behavioural ecology of Iberian Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)

Rafael Jiménez Departamento de Genética Instituto de Biotecnología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada 18071 Granada, Spain Ph: +34 958 243260 Fax: +34 958 244073 Email: rjimenez@ugr.es Lab Webpage Mole research interests: Reproductive Biology; genetic mechanisms of sexual differentiation		Anna Loy Researcher Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Ambiente e il Territorio Università del Molise 18 V. Mazzini 86170 Isernia, Italy Ph: ++39 (865) 4769213 Email: a.loy@unimol.it Mole research interests: Evolutionary biology and systematics of European moles; behavioural ecology, activity patterns and biological rhythms of Talpa romana

Matthew J. Mason Lecturer Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge, England CB2 3EJ U.K. Ph: 44 1223 333829 Fax: 44 1223 333840 Email: mjm68@hermes.cam.ac.uk Mole research interests: Comparative functional morphology of the middle ear		Carlos Nores Profesor Titular de Universidad INDUROT Institut for Natural Resources and Land Planning University of Oviedo Campus de Mieres 33600 Mieres, Asturias, Spain Ph: +34 985 45 81 08 Fax: +34 985 45 81 10 Email: cnores@uniovi.es Mole research interests: Conservation biology of Galemys (Iberian desman)

Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra Assistant Professor of Palaeontology Palaontologisches Institut und Museum Universitat Zurich Karl Schmid-Strasse 4 CH-8006 Zurich Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)44 634 23 42 Fax +41 (0)44 634 49 23 Email: m.sanchez@pim.uzh.ch Mole research interests: Morphology, phylogeny and reproductive specializations of talpid moles		Matthew R.E. Symonds Research Fellow School of Tropical Biology James Cook University Townsville Campus Townsville, Austrialia Ph: 61-7-4781-4133 Fax: 61-7-4725-1570 Email: Matthew.Symonds@jcu.edu.au Mole research interests: Insectivore life histories and evolution Evolutionary origins of the Talpidae