The star-nosed mole has a rose-colored ring of fleshy, retractable tentacles surrounding its nose. ... The tail, nearly as long as the combined length of the head and body, is constricted at the base, ...

Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata): a small semiaquatic mole. Kingdom ... a stout cylindrical body, and a long thick tail that swells with fat to three to four times its normal size during the ...

Their star-nosed cousin prefers a wetter environment. Martha Foley: Let’s talk some more about moles. You talked about three kinds of moles: regular moles, star-nosed moles, and Mr. X mole?

D uring the past 30 years, I’ve had many chances to study and photograph all sorts of critters – from tiny shrews to the massive moose. But there are a few critters that I still haven&#… ...

Star-nosed moles don’t live in suburban neighborhoods. They live in the moist and muddy soil of wetlands, swamps, ... It didn’t take long for things to get interesting.

Gibb said the moles common to Indiana are mainly the Eastern species that has a long, thin snout. Star-nosed moles also are found in northern Indiana, but these tend to be more common in the western ...

The three species of moles found in Pennsylvania can be easily distinguished by their tails: the eastern mole exhibits a pinkish stubby tail, the star-nosed mole sports a long scaly tail, while ...

A Nose That Looks Like a Hand and Acts Like an Eye: The Unusual Mechanosensory System of the Star-Nosed Mole. K. C. Catania in Journal of Comparative Physiology, Vol. 185, pages 367–372; 1999.