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**Star-Nosed Mole**

Size: 9.5 - 21 cm Weight: 28-71 g Offspring: 3-7 (avg 5) per year Lifespan: 1-2 years Gestation: 35-45 days




 * Characteristics:**

Fur is dark gray to pure black, 22 fleshy pink projections on nose, they are symmetrical, only living animal of Condylura, has a stout, heavy built forelimbs, broad feet with beastly claws

Habitat: Lives in own dug tunnels, wet woodlands, moist feilds, ponds, streams, rivers and lakes

Diet: Insectivore/Carnivore (insects, slugs, earthworms, crustaceans, fish)

Signs: Tunnels near surface of the soil, mounds

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/inf ormation/Condylura_cristata.html The Mammals Book