General Interest
  • Catania, K.C. 2000. A star is born. Natural History 109:66-69.
  • Petersen, K.E. and T.L. Yates. 1980. Condylura cristata. Mammalian Species 129:1-4.
  • van Zyll de Jong, C.G. Handbook of Canadian mammals. 1. Marsupials and insectivores. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa 210pp.
  • Yates, T.L. 1983. The mole that keeps its nose clean. Natural History 92:55-60.
  • Yates, T.L. and R.J. Pedersen. 1982. Moles. IN J.A. Chapman and G.A. Feldhamer (eds): Wild mammals of North America. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 37-51.

Natural History

  • Bishop, W.L. 1902. A nest of the star-nosed mole. Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 10:349.
  • Cahn. 1937. Mammals of Quetico Park. Journal of Mammalogy 18:20-21.
  • Davis, D.E. and F. Peek. 1970. Litter size of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Journal of Mammalogy 51:156.
  • Eadie, W.R. and W.J. Hamilton, Jr. Notes on reproduction in the star-nosed mole. Journal of Mammalogy 37:223-231.
  • Fisher, A.K. 1885. The star-nosed mole amphibious. American Naturalist 19:895.
  • Goodwin, G.C. 1932. The mammals of Connecticut. Journal of Mammalogy 13:39.
  • Hamilton, W.J., Jr. 1931. Habits of the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. Journal of Mammalogy 12:345-355.
  • Hickman, G.C. 1984. Swimming ability of talpid moles, with particular reference to the semi-aquatic Condylura cristata. Mammalia 48:505-513.
  • Hickman, G.C. 1983. Influence of the semiaquatic habit in determining burrow structure of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:1688-1692.
  • Hickman, G.C. 1982. Climbing ability of the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata (Talpidae). Saugetierdk. Mitt. 30:296-297.
  • Kennard, F.H. 1929. A star-nosed mole's nest at Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Journal of Mammalogy 10:77-78.
  • McCay, T., M. Komoroski, and W.M. Ford. 1999. Use of an upland pine forest by the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 115: 316-318.
  • Merriam, C.H. 1884. Condylura cristata - Star-nosed mole. The vertebrates of the Adirondack Region, Northeastern New York. Transactions of the Linnaean Society New York 2:48-55.
  • Merriam, C.H. 1884. The star-nosed mole amphibious. Science 4:429.
  • Pine, R.H. 1975. Star-nosed mole eaten by bullfrog. Mammalia 39:713-714.
  • Rust, C.C. 1966. Notes on the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Journal of Mammalogy 47:538.Schmidt, F.J.W. 1931. Mammals of western Clark County. Journal of Mammalogy 12:99-117.
  • Simpson, S.E. 1923. The nest and young of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Journal of Mammalogy 4:167-170.
  • Tenny, S. 1871. The star-nosed mole. American Naturalist 5:314.

Evolution, Phylogeny and Biogeography

  • Beane, J.C. 1995. New distributional records for the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata (Insectivora: Talpidae), in North Carolina, with comments on its occurrence in the Piedmont Region. Brimleyana 22:77-86.
  • Guilday, J.E. 1979. The star-nosed mole/a Polish connection. Carnegie Magazine 53:18-25.
  • Laerm J., G. Livingston, C. Spencer and B. Stuart. 1997. Condylura cristata (Insectivora: Talpidae) in the Blue Ridge Province of western South Carolina. Brimleyana 24:46-50.
  • Skoczen, S. 1993. New records of Parascalops, Neurotrichus and Condylura (Talpinae, Insectivora) from the pliocene of Poland. Acta Theriologica 38:125-137.
  • Whidden, H.P. 2000. Comparative myology of moles and the phylogeny of the talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla). American Museum Novitates. 3294:1-53.
  • Yates, T.L. and I.F. Greenbaum. 1982. Biochemical systematics of North American moles (Insectivora:Talpidae). Journal of Mammalogy 63:368-374.

Metabolism and Thermal Biology


Morphology and Pelage Description

  • Dobson, G.E. 1882. A monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical. Part I. Including the families Erinaceidae, Centetidae, and Solenodontidae. John Van Voorst, London, UK, 172pp.
  • Eadie, W.R. 1949. Skin gland activity and pelage descriptions in moles. Journal of Mammalogy 35:186-196.
  • Hildebrand, M. 1985. Digging of quadrupeds. Pp. 89-109, IN Hildebrand, M., D.M. Bramble, K.F. Liem, and D.B. Wake (eds.) Functional vertebrate morphology. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 430pp.
  • Grand, T., E. Gould, and R. Montali. 1998. Structure of the proboscis and rays of the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. Journal of Mammalogy 79:492-501.
  • Myrcha, A. 1967. Comparative studies on the morphology of the stomach in the Insectivora. Acta Theriologica 14:223-244.
  • Williams, C.S. 1938. Aids to the identification of mole and shrew hairs with general comments on hair structure and hair determination. Journal of Wildlife Management 2:239-268.

Neurophysiology

  • Allison, T. and H. Van Twyver. 1970. Sleep in the moles, Scalopus aquaticus and Condylura cristata. Experimental Neurology 27:564-578.
  • Ayers, H. 1884. On the structure and development of the nasal rays in Condylura cristata. Biol. Centralblatt 4-356-360.
  • Catania, K.C. 2000. Epidermal sensory organs of moles, shrew-moles, and desmans: a study of the family Talpidae with comments on the function and evolution of Eimer's organ. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 56:146-174.
  • Catania, K.C. 2000. Cortical organization in moles: evidence of new areas and a specialized S2. Somatosensory and Motor Research 17:335-347.
  • Catania, K.C. 2000. Cortical organization in insectivora: The parallel evolution of the sensory periphery and the brain. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 55:311-321.
  • Catania, K.C. 1999. A nose that looks like a hand and acts like an eye: the unusual mechanosensory system of the star-nosed mole. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 185:367-372.
  • Catania, K.C. 1996. Ultrastructure of the Eimer's organ of the star-nosed mole. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 365:343-354.
  • Catania, K.C. 1995. Magnified cortex in star-nosed moles. Nature 375:453-454.
  • Catania, K.C. 1995. A comparison of the Eimer's organs of three North American moles: the hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata), and the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus). The Journal of Comparative Neurology 354:150-160.
  • Catania, K.C. 1995. Structure and innervation of the sensory organs on the snout of the star-nosed mole. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 351:536-548.
  • Catania, K.C., R.G. Northcutt, and J.H. Kaas. 1999. The development of a biological novelty: A different way to make appendages revealed in the star-nosed mole's snout. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2719-2726.
  • Catania, K.C. and J.H. Kaas. 1997. Somatosensory fovea in the star-nosed mole: Behavioral use of the star in relation to innervation patterns and cortical representation. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 387:215-233.
  • Catania, K.C. and J.H. Kaas. 1997. The mole nose instructs the brain. Somatosens. Mot. Res. 14:56-58.
  • Catania, K.C. and J.H. Kaas. 1996. The unusual nose and brain of the star-nosed mole. Bioscience 46:578-586.
  • Catania, K.C. and J.H. Kaas. 1995. Organization of the somatosensory cortex of the star-nosed mole. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 351:549-567.
  • Catania, K.C., J.H. Kaas, R.G. Northcutt, and P.D. Beck. 1993. Nose stars and brain stripes. Nature 364:493.
  • Catania, K.C., J.H. Kaas, R.G. Northcutt, and P.D. Beck. 1993. Morphological specialization's within the somatosensory cortex of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19:1444.
  • Gould, E., W. McShea, and T. Grand. 1993. Function of the star in the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. Journal of Mammalogy 74:108-116.
  • Van Vleck, D.B. 1965. The anatomy of the nasal rays of Condylura cristata. Journal of Mammalogy 46:248-253.

Parasites

  • Duszynski, D.W. 1989. Coccidian parasites (Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae) from insectivores .8. 4 new species from the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. Journal of Parasitology 75:514-518.
  • Eckerlin, R.P. and H.F. Painter. 1993. The star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, a new host for Leptinus orientamericanus (Coleoptera, Leptinidae) in Virginia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 95:639.
  • Whitaker, J.D., Jr. and T.W. French. 1982. Ectoparasites and other associates of some insectivores and rodents from New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60:2787-2797.
  • Whitaker, J.D., Jr., T.W. French, and R.L. Smiley. 1982. Notes on host relationships and host specificity of mites of the genus Pygmephorus (Acari:Pygmephoridae) on insectivores and rodents from Mount Carleton Provincial Park, New Brunswick. International Journal of Acarology 8:233-235.
  • Whitaker, J.D., Jr. and F.S. Lukoschus. 1982. Notes on ectoparasites and other associates of small mammals of Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 56:187-192.
  • Yates, T.L., D.B. Pence, and G.K. Launchbaugh. 1979. Ectoparasites from seven species of North American moles (Insectivora:Talpidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 16:166-168.

Reproduction

  • Bedford J.M., O.B. Mock, S.K. Nagdas, V.P. Winfrey, and G.E. Olson. 1999. Reproductive features of the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) and star-nose mole (Condylura cristata). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 117:345-353.
  • Eadie, W.R. 1948. The male accessory reproductive glands of Condylura with notes on a unique prostatic secretion. Anatomical Records 101:59-79.
  • Eadie, W.R. 1948. Corpora amylacea in the prostatic secretion and experiments on the formation of a copulatory plug in some insectivores. Anatomical Records 102:259-272.

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