Open AccessOn the Common Shrew-mole in Illinois
Author(s) -
Frank Elmer Wood
Publication year - 1910
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v9.379
Subject(s) - shrew , mole , subspecies , zoology , biology , geography , biochemistry
There are two species of moles in Illinois: one, the starnose mole, Condylura cristata (Linnaeus) is found sparingly in the northern part of the state; the other, known as the common or shrew-mole, Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus), is the one with which this paper deals. It is distributed throughout most of the state, and apparently all our specimens may be referred to the western subspecies machrinus (Rafinesque).