MOLE 



6.5 inches; length of tail, males, 1.2 inches, females, .9 inch; 

 length of hind foot, males, .8 inch, females, .8 inch. 



Geographical Distribution. — Eastern North America. 



Food. — Strictly animal in nature, insects of various kinds, — 

 beetles, larv£e, angle-worms. Meadow Mice. 



Species and Subspecies of the Genus Scalopus 



Eastern Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus (Linnaeus). 

 As described above; the darkest form of the genus (in full 

 winter pelage). Found in "Eastern United States from 

 eastern and southern Massachusetts, southeastern New 

 York, and southeastern Pennsylvania, south through 

 Virginia, and in the Appalachian ^fountains south through 

 western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. ' ' (Jackson) 



Howell Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus Iwwelli Jackson. 



Paler than typical aquaticus and smaller; total length, males, 



6 inches. Found in "North Carolina (except in Appalach- 

 ian Mountains), South Carolina, northern Georgia, thence 

 southwest across central Alabama and southern Mississippi 

 to Pensacola Bay and the Mississippi River. ' ' (Jackson) 



Florida Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus australis Chapman. 



Smaller than howelli, with relatively short, broad, high 

 skull; upperparts (winter) clove-brown to dark fuscous; 

 total length, males, 5.8-6 inches, females, 5.6 inches. 

 Found in "Southeastern Georgia and the eastern portion 

 of peninsular Florida south to Lemon City." (Jackson) 



Anastasia Island Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus anastasce (Bangs), 

 Size of australis but above golden sepia in winter pelage, 

 with bright orange coloration on face, chin, and wrists. 

 Found only on Anastasia Island, Florida. 



Little Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus parvus (Rhoads). 



Smallest form of the genus, colored like australis, with 

 shorter tail; total length, males, 5.4 inches. Found in 

 "Region north of Tampa Bay, in Hillsboro and Pasco 

 Counties, Florida." (Jackson) 



Prairie Mole.^ — Scalopus aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque). 

 The largest form of the genus (total length of males, 8 

 inches) ; paler than typical aquaticus and usually more 

 reddish brown. Found in "Eastern Iowa, and east of the 

 Mississippi River west of the Appalachian Mountains from 

 western Wisconsin, northern Illinois, southern Michigan, 

 southwestern Ontario (Point Pelee), and northern Ohio, 

 south to central Tennessee." (Jackson) 



Missouri Valley Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus machrinoides 

 Jackson. 

 Size large, exceeded only by machrinus; total length, males, 



7 inches; color grayer than machrinus, in winter clove-brown 

 above, in summer light drab. Found "West of the 

 Mississippi River, except eastern Iowa, from central 



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