Common Name
Star-nosed Mole
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Talpidae
Species Name
Condylura cristata
Status
Least concern
States
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
North Carolina
North Dakota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Distribution
Georgia and north west South Carolina to Nova Scotia and Labrador; Great Lakes region to south eastern Manitoba.
Notes
Unlike other moles, swims well and makes tunnels leading into water; also active on or under snow. May travel on the surface. Elsewhere makes deep burrows and throws up molehills. Habitat is wet areas in meadows, woods, swamps or streams, usually in mucky