Notes on Reproduction in the Star-Nosed Mole

Abstract

Few mammals are more distinctive of North America than Condylura cristata cristata (Linnaeus) but its general habits and reproductive history have been little explored; much of the data we have on its mode of life have been gathered by chance. The observations recorded below are fragmentary, but are considered worthy of record since no study of its entire reproductive pattern has been recorded. A few data on the season of reproduction and embryo counts have been recorded by Hamilton (1931). In the past 25 years, additional material has become available that adds to our meager knowledge of the reproductive pattern in this species.