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loped snout which terminates in a fringe of twenty-two fleshy 

 processes forming a wide, naked nasal disk. These processes 

 are symmetrically arranged eleven on each side of a median 

 line. Eyes small, but larger than in Scalopus, Scapanus, or 

 Parascalops; legs short and weaker than in these genera; 

 forefeet hand-like, palm as broad as long, with first four toes 

 having three flat, triangular processes on the lower side of 



Fig. io. Head of Star-nosed Mole (left) compared with head 

 of Eastern Mole 



their outer edges ; toes not webbed ; tail relatively long, slender 

 in summer, but greatly enlarged and thickened in winter, 

 covered with coarse, black hairs; fur dense and silky, but 

 coarser than that of Scalopus, Scapanus, and Parascalops. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike. 



Upperparts blackish brown to blackish ; underparts browner 

 and paler than above, underside of tail sometimes noticeably 

 lighter than upperside. 



Worn pelage paler and browner than pelage just described, 

 with frequently a buffy or yellowish ring about wrists. 



In living animals the nasal disk is rose-colored 



Young animals paler and browner than adults. 



Measurements. — Males, total length, 8 inches; tail verte- 

 bras, 3.2 inches; hind foot, i.i inches. 



Geographical Distribution. — "Southeastern Canada and 

 northeastern United States, from southern Labrador, central 

 Quebec and Ontario, and southeastern Manitoba, south to 

 northeastern Illinois and northern Indiana and Ohio; in the 

 Atlantic coast region south to Virginia (Dismal Swamp) and 

 Georgia (Marlow); and in the Appalachian Mountains to 

 western North Carolina." (Jackson) 



Food. Same as that of other Moles, insectivorous. 



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