SCAPANUS. 



Skull nat. size. 



Fig. 79. ScAPANus m. townsenoi. 

 No. 493 Field Columbian Museum Coll. 



Upper tooth rows 3 times nat. size. 



Measurements. Total length, 184; tail vertebrje, 39.5; hind foot 

 without claw, 20.5. 



577. orarius. (Scapanus), True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, p. 52. 

 Type locality. Shoalwater Bay, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. "Sea Coast of Washington and Oregon from 

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

 British Columbia; Fort Walla Walla, Washington. 



Genl. Char. Similar to ^S. townsendi, but smaller. 



Color. Almost black. 



Measurements. Total length, 158; tail, 30; hind foot, 20. Skull: 

 total length, 32.8; mastoid breadth, 16; length of palate from out- 

 side of incisor, 14.3. 



578. californicus. (Scalops), Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Scien., 



1855- i. P- 54- 



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



Type locality. San Francisco, California. 



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

 Nevada; Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



Genl. Char. Size moderate. First lower incisor very short; 

 second long and canine-like. 



Color. Gray brown, more or less suffused with rust color. 



Measurements. Total length, 154; tail vertebrae, 33.5; hind foot 

 without claw, 17. 



