Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 43 
The Big-tailed Mole, Talpa macrura, of Nepal and Sikkim, 
may be a close relative of T. europea. In northeastern Asia the 
genus is represented by T. suschkini of the Yenisei basin, Si- 
beria, and T. mizura of Japan. 
A special subgroup of moles, Euroscaptor, has been proposed 
to contain those forms in which the tail is thickened near the tip 
or club-shaped (except in longirostris) and the nostrils open to 
the sides. It includes micrura, klossi, malayana, grandis, longi- 
rostris, and parvidens. 
The Long-nosed Mole, Euroscaptor longirostris, is an ori- 
ental member of the genus, known from Tibet and Szechwan, 
China. It is rather smaller than the European Mole. The color 
is nearly black. The length of head and body is 4% inches, of 
the tail less than 1 inch, hind foot % to % inch. The muzzle is 
elongate and slender. 
The Short-tailed Mole, Euroscaptor micrura, is about the 
size of the foregoing, although its tail is very much shorter. It 
is found among the southern foothills of the Himalayas in 
Kashmir, Sikkim, Nepal, and Assam. It is not rare about 
Darjiling. The length of head and body is 4% inches, of the 
tail only % inch, hind foot % inch. In Sikkim the hands of these 
Moles are dried and used for charms. 
The Siamese Mole, Euroscaptor klossi, found in north- 
ern and western Siam and Tonkin and Hainan Island, has the 
club-shaped tail of Parascaptor leucurus but the teeth as in 
Talpa. The head and body measure 5% inches, the tail % inch, 
the hind foot % inch. In northern Siam one was dug out of a 
garden at about 4000 feet. The great similarity of the skull of 
E. klossi to that of P. leucurus with the exception of the tooth 
formula has been pointed out by Osgood. 
The Malay Mole, Euroscaptor k. malayana, is a representa- 
tive of the Siamese Mole found in the Cameron Highlands of 
the Malay Peninsula, in the Province of Pahang. It is darker- 
colored than klossi — iron-gray instead of the paler brownish 
color of klossi. 
