“…Recordings from the star-nosed mole also suggested this separation into three classes. This division of afferents serving glabrous skin into three classes is well established for a considerable number of different animal model systems and humans (Lindblom, 1965;Jänig et al, 1968;Talbot et al, 1968;Iggo and Ogawa, 1977;Jänig, 1971;Pubols et al, 1971;Pubols and Pubols, Jr, 1973;Johnson, 1974;Dykes and Terzis, 1979; Johansson and Vallbo, 1979;Ferrington and Rowe, 1980;Vallbo and Johansson, 1984;Gregory et al, 1988;Leem et al, 1993;Iggo et al, 1996;Coleman et al, 2001;Mahns et al, 2003). Previous histological studies in the mole routinely reveal a preponderance of three main types of receptor end-organ in the glabrous rhinarium (Fig.·1).…”