34 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



inclusive, four inches six-tenths ; length of the tail, 

 one inch three-tenths; length of the head one 

 inch four-tenths; extremities like those of the 

 preceding species. 



Note. This species corresponds in the num- 

 ber and arrangement of its teeth, with the genus 

 Scalops of F. Cuvier, but the structure of the mo- 

 lars are different from this genus, as described 

 both by Desmarest and Cuvier. 



Genns. 



Condyliira^ Illiger, F. Cuvier, Desm. 

 Sorex, Linn. Gmel. Erxleb. Bodd. 

 Scalops, Geoff. 

 Talpa, G. Cuv. Penn. Gmel. 



CBARACTERS. 



/f" Incisor 6. 

 superior 20. < Canine 6. 

 r iJci^r 4.' 

 V_ inferior 20. < Canine 10. 



Molar 6. Desmarest. 



Six anomalous superior incisors, implanted in 

 the intermaxillary bone; the two intermediate 

 very broad, contiguous, garnishing the whole bor- 

 der of the jaw, scooped, with their cutting edges 

 rather oblique, having the angle by which they 

 touch more projecting than the external angle ; 

 the succeeding incisor on each side, touching the 

 intermediate, resembling a very long pointed ca- 

 nine, somewhat triangular at base, where there 



