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Genus SCAPANUS" Pomel 



1848. Scapanus Pomel, Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, vol. 9, p. 247. (Type, 

 Scolops townsendii Bachman.) 



Scapanus townsendii (Bachman) * 



1839. Scalops townsendii Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, vol. 



8, pt. 1, p. 58. 

 1848. Scapanus tow[n]scndii Pomel, Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, vol. 9, 



p. 247. 

 1884. Scapanus townsendiiTrue, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29) , 



p. 607, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 Type Locality. — Vicinity of Vancouver, Clark County, Wash. (See True, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, p. 63, Dec. 21, 1896.) Range.— Extreme north- 

 western California, Oregon, and Washington west of Cascade Mountains; north 

 to Huntingdon in extreme southwestern British Columbia (Anderson, Nat. Mus. 

 Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 12, Jan. 24, 1947) . 



Scapanus orarius orarius Truef* 



1896. Scapanus orarius True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, p. 52, Dec. 21, 

 1896. 



Type Locality. — Shoal water [=Willapa] Bay, Pacific County, Wash. 

 Range. — Humid coast region of northern California (north of Mendocino), 

 Oregon, western Washington (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 2, p. 130, Apr. 9, 1948) and extreme southwestern British Columbia. 



Scapanus orarius schefiferi Jacksonf* 



1915. Scapanus orarius schefferi Jackson, North Amer. Fauna No. 38, p. 63, 

 Sept. 30, 1915. 



7'ype Locality. — Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash. Range. — South- 

 eastern Washington (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 130, 

 Apr. 9, 1948) and from Cascades east to Blue Mountains in northern Oregon. 



Scapanus orarius yakimensis Dalquest and Scheffer 



1944. Scapanus orarius yakimensis Dalquest and Scheffer, Murrelet, vol. 25, 

 No. 2, (May-August), p. 27, Sept. 19, 1944. 



Type Locality. — Near (% mile north of) Union Gap, Yakima County, Wash. 

 Range. — Yakima Valley, Wash. (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 2, p. 130, Apr. 9, 1948) . 



Scapanus latimanus latimanus (Bachman) * 



1842. Scalops latimanus Bachman, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 34. 

 1907. Scapanus latimanus Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 20, p. 

 52, Apr. 18, 1907. 



" Revised by True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, pp. 47-67, Dec. 21, 1896, and Jackson. 

 North Amer. Fauna No. 38, pp. 51-76, Sept. 30, 1915; races of S. latimanus revised by F. G. 

 Palmer, Journ. Mamm., vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 280-314, Aug. 14, 1937. 



