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ileath, covered with dowri above; nails feeble, 

 hooked, and rather sharp : tail short, covered with 

 hair ; colour of the animal grayish-fawn ; each hair 

 being mouse-gray at its base, and nearly yellow 

 at its extremity. 



Habit. Analogous to those of the moles, pre- 

 ferring the borders of rivers and creeks. 



Inhabit the United States, from Canada to Vir- 

 ginia. A specimen in the Philadelphia Museum, 

 labelled, " American white mole," No. 872. 



Species. 



2. Scalops pennsylvanica, Nob. 



I possess the skeleton of a species of this ge- 

 nus, distinct from the >S^. canadensis. 



CHARACT£RS. 



r Incisor 2. 

 puperior 24 < Canine 12. 



 DentalformuIa.-Teeth4oJ ^f^l^'" ^: ^Ise molai" 4. 



j C Incisor 4. 



^.inferior 16. < Canine 6. 



C. Molar 6. 



Molar teeth nearly approximate, those of the 

 upper jaw having the crowns slightly indented 

 with a transverse furrow, which is continued 

 along the inner side ; the crowns of the lower mo- 

 lars deeply marked by a transverse groove, which 

 is continued on the outer side of the teeth. 



Form of the incisors similar to those of the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Dimensions. Length of the body with the head 



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