14 APPENDIX. 



Ashintedby 

 Ord in the foot note, these refer to one species, of Arctogaean distribution. 



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 GENUS DIDELPHIS. 



"Virginian Opossum Didelphis opossum." Turton, followed by Ord, 

 first gives (?) the name opossum to the Virginian species, the Didelphys 

 virginiana of Kerr, (1798) and Shaw (1800). 



Dobsoti, (perhaps on rather scanty material, viz, rather less than fifty 

 skins, stands, skulls and skeletons from northern N. America, (vid. B. 

 Mus. Cat., Marsup. & Monot, 1888, 327-329.)), includes D. virginiana, 

 cancrivora, aurita, California! and breviceps, (with azarcs as a subspecies), 

 under the Linuaean D. marsupialis. The D. opossum of Linnaeus, (D. 

 quica of Temminck), Dobson considers plainly applicable to a small 

 Neotropical species belonging to another subgenus. It is likely that the 

 D. virginiana of Kerr, wrongly accredited to Shaw, is as entitled to 

 subspecific rank as azatcs. That it is a distinct species from typical 

 marsupialis^ as defined by Dobson, (sup. cit.), seems doubtful. 



"Mexican Opossum Didelphis cayopollin" Didelphys murtnal/inn., Syst. 

 Nat., 1758, 55. See Dobson, (sup. cit.), p. 343. 



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 GENUS TALPA. 



"Long-tailed Mole Talpa longicaudata." A synonym of Erxleben's (Syst. 

 Reg. An., 1777, 118.) for the Star nosed Mole Condylura cristata (Linn.), 

 based on Pennant's "Long-tailed Mole"; the same as the "Radiated 

 Mole" of Pennant. 



"Red Mole Talpa rubra." Originating in the "Talpa americana" of 

 Seba (Thes. I, 51 ; T. 32, fig. 2.) and based on a specimen said to have 

 three toes on the fore feet ; in other respects similar to Talpa europcza 

 and of a brownish red. A remote suggestion can be conceived in the de- 

 scription to a Geomys ; and Schreber in his synonym}- of it tentatively 

 included "Le Tucan" of Buffon. It is unidentifiable, though Pennant, 

 Miiller and Erxleben give it a place in their Systems. 



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 GENUS SOREX. 



"Crested Shrew Sorex cristatus."=Condylura cristata (Linn.). See note 

 (supra) on Talpa longicaudata. 



"Aquatic Shrew or Common Mole Sorex aquaticus."=Scalops aquaticus 

 (Linn). 



"Fetid Shrew Sorex araneus." Ord includes this European species 



