468 SCAPANUS. 



Genus 151. Scapanus. Western Moles. 



Scapanus Pomel, Archiv. Scien. Phys. Nat. Bibl. Univ. Geneve, 4th 

 Ser., IX, 1848, p. 247. Type by elimination, Scalops town- 

 sendii Bachman. 



1133. Scapanus townsendi (Bachman). 



Scalops canadensis Rich., Faun. Bor. Am., i, 1829, p. 9. (nee 



Desmarest, nee Harlan.) 

 Scalops townsendii Bach., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1839, 



p. 58. 

 Scalops latimanus Bach., Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 1843, P- 4i- 

 Scalops metallescens Cass., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1853, 



p. 242. 

 Scalops ceneus Cass., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1853, p. 299. 

 Talpa tcsniata Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1853, 



P- 327- 

 Scapanus townsendi 'EWiot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 391, fig. 79. Zool. Ser. 

 Townsend's Mole. 



Type locality. Vicinity of Vancouver, Clarke County, Washington. 

 Geogr. Distr. Coast line of Oregon and Washington, and north- 

 western California to Crescent City. 



1134. Scapanus orarius True. 



Scapanus orarius True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, 1896, p. 52. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 392. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Coast Mole. 



Type locality. Shoalwater Bay, Pacific County, Washington. 

 Geogr. Distr. Sea coast of Washington and Oregon from Coquilla 

 River northward, and shores of Puget Sound to Sumas, British 

 Columbia; Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington. 



1135. Scapanus californicus (Ayres). 



Scalops californicus Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Scien., i, 1855, 



P- 54. 

 Scapanus dilatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1894, p. 242. 

 Scapanus californicus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 392; Zool. Ser. 

 California Mole. 



Type locality. San Francisco, California. 



Geogr. Distr. California west of the Coast Range and Sierra 

 Nevada; Fort Klamath, Klamath County, Oregon. 



