FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Summer.' — Slightly paler than winter, with more pro- 

 nounced purplish sheen. 



Young. — Paler and more silvery than adults. 



Measurements. — Total length, males, 9 inches, females, 

 8,2 inches; tail vertebras, males, 1.6 inches, females, 1.8 inches; 

 hind foot, males, 1.08 mches, females, 1.07 inches. 



Geographical Distribution. — Western California, Oregon, 

 and Washington. 



Food. — Insect and animal food, angle-worms, larvae of 

 beetles, and occasionally Mice, 



Species and Subspecies of the Genus Scapanus 



Oregon Mole; Townsend Mole. — Scapanus townsendi (Bach- 

 man), Plate III. 

 As just described; the largest species of the genus. Found 

 in "Extreme northwestern California, Oregon, and Wash- 

 ington west of the Cascade Mountains." (Jackson) 



Coast Mole. — Scapanus orarius orarius True, 



Noticeably smaller than townsendi (total length, males, 6.8 

 inches) ; dark and similar in color to townsendi, with relatively 

 smaller feet and claws, Founfl in "Humid coast region 

 of northern California (north of Mendocino), Oregon, and 

 Washington." (Jackson) 



Schefifer Mole. — Scapanus orarius schefferi Jackson. 



Similar to typical orarius but paler; total length, males, 6.8 

 inches; slightly larger feet and claws; color, autumn pelage 

 glossy, deep mouse-gray above. Found in "Extreme 

 southwestern British Columbia, northwestern Washington 

 (east of Puget Sound and north of latitude 48° N.), central 

 and southern Washington from the west slopes of the 

 Cascade Mountains east to Walla Walla, and both slopes 

 of the Cascade Mountains in northern and east-central 

 Oregon." (Jackson) 



California Mole. — Scapanus latimanus latimanus (Bachman). 

 Size medium; total length, males, 6.8 to 7.2 inches; color, 

 winter, above, fuscous black. Distinguished from town- 

 sendi by smaller size, and from orarius by its wider, heavier 

 skull, larger teeth, and other cranial details. Found in 

 "Western California west of the San Jacinto and Sacra- 

 mento Valleys, from Santa Maria River north to Cape 

 Mendocino, thence northeasterly to Klamath Canyon, 

 Siskiyou County." (Jackson) 



San Joaquin Mole. — Scapanus latimanus campi Grinnell and 



Storer. 



Resembling typical latimanus "but smaller, pelage much 



paler and browner, feet and claws smaller," like occultus 



"in color, but decidedly larger in size, especially as regards 



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