FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Minnesota, southeastern South Dakota, and the eastern 

 border of Nebraska, south through northeastern Kansas 

 to extreme northern Arkansas." (Jackson) 



Arkansas Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus pulcher Jackson. 



Size of typical aquaticus but with larger hind foot and larger 

 skull; winter pelage dark fuscous above, with gray-tipped 

 hairs. Found in "Humid lowland region of southern and 

 eastern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, northwestern 

 and central Louisiana, and eastern Texas." (Jackson) 



Northern Plains Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus caryi Jackson. 

 In color, the palest form of the genus, size medium; total 

 length, males, 6.4 inches. Color, autumn pelage, above, 

 light drab, paler on head. Found in "Arid and semiarid 

 plains region of central and western Nebraska, northeastern 

 Colorado, and northwestern Kansas." (Jackson) 



Southern Plains Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus intermedius 

 (Elliot). 

 Most like caryi but darker and more ochraceous; color, in 

 winter, above, light drab tinged with buff pink; nose and 

 wrists ochraceous-buff to zinc-orange; total length, males, 

 6.6 inches. Found in "Central and western Oklahoma 

 and adjacent parts of northern Texas." (Jackson) 



Texas Mole. — Scalopus aquaticus texanus (Allen). 



Small in size, total length, males, 5.6 inches; color, winter, 

 brownish with bronze tinge. Found in "Coast region of 

 Texas from Matagorda Bay to Cameron County, north in 

 the interior to central and east-central Texas." (Jackson) 



Coppery Mole. — Scalopus cereus (Bangs). 



Distinguished by rich coppery brown pelage; total length, 

 females, 6.1 inches. Very rare, known only from the type 

 specimen. Found only at Stilwell, Adair County, 

 Oklahoma. 



The Eastern Mole has habits very similar to those of the 

 Western Mole (see page 17), but does not throw out such 

 large mounds of earth. It is very seldom seen out of the 

 burrow and is most commonly encountered in loose loam or 

 easily moved soil where food is plentiful. It makes a nest 

 about six inches in diameter, lined with small roots, grass, or 

 leaves, and from a foot to a foot and a half below the surface 

 of the ground. The young, from two to five, are born in 

 March or April. 



Genus Scapanus 



Dentition: Incisors, f ; Canines, {; Premolars, t; Molars, § = 44. 



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