MOLE 



Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara County., south to the 

 San Diegan region." (Jackson) 

 Grinnell Mole. — Scapanus latimanus grinnelli Jackson. 



Darkest in color of the latimanus group, size small, total 

 length, males, 6.2 inches. Known only from Independence, 

 Inyo County, California, 

 Mono Mole. — Scapanus latimanus monoensis Grinnell. 



Resembling grinnelli "but color mouse-gray instead of 

 fuscous black, and size slightly less." (Grinnell.) Total 

 length, 6 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.3 inches; hind foot, .82 

 inch. Found in Mono County, California. 

 Yosemite Mole. — Scapanus latimanus sericatiis Jackson. 

 Smaller than typical latimanus, darker and more grayish in 

 color; total length, females, 6.6 inches. Found in Yosemite 

 region, Mariposa County, California. 

 Sierra Mole. — Scapanus latimanus minusculus (Bangs). 



Similar to occultus in size and color, but differing in cranial 

 characters, skull higher and narrower. Known only from 

 Fyffe, El Dorado County, California. 

 Klamath Mole. — Scapanus latimanus dilatus (True). 



Paler and slightly smaller than typical latimanus, with 

 shorter, higher, and rounder skull. Total length, males, 

 6.8 inches; color, summer, mouse-gray above. Found in 

 "South-central Oregon and Upper Sonoran and Transition 

 Zones of northeastern California and adjacent parts of 

 Nevada." (Jackson) 

 Mount Mazama Mole. — Scapanus latimanus alpinus 

 (Merriam). 

 Color of dilatus and size of large specimens of typical 

 latimanus. Total length, males, 7.5 inches; color, worn 

 summer pelage, above, mouse-gray. Known only from 

 Crater Lake, Mount Mazama, Klamath County, Oregon. 



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 In spite of the fact that Moles may be quite common in the 

 regions where they occur, they are very seldom seen. The 

 average person sees a Mole only when in a trap and knows the 

 creature best from the visible evidences of its presence, the 

 long, raised ridges of earth and the piles of loose soil pushed 

 up from below. 



The householder calls down curses upon the Mole whenever 

 one crosses his lawn and imagines that this animal does far 

 more damage than is actually the case. It is true that the 

 ridges and mounds are unsightly objects on a well-kept lawn, 

 and it is also true that where the sod has been raised and the 

 grass-roots have dried out that dry, yellow grass may appear, 

 but it is a mistaken conception to suppose that the Mole 

 is feeding on the grass or any other plant food in the yard. 



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