TALPID^ 257 



Scapanus californicus Ayers. 



CALIFORNIA MOLE. 



Size medium; grayish brown or light sooty brown glossed 

 with silvery; upper unicuspidate teeth crowded and unequal in 

 size; first pair of lower incisors very small, the next pair large. 



Length about 175 mm. (5.90 inches); tail vertebrae 35 

 (1.40); hind foot 21 (.83). 



Type locality. San Francisco, California. 



California Mole About two-thirds life size 



Central and northern California. They ha/e not been re- 

 ported fromi the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys and are 

 probably rare there. I have seen Mole runs in nearly all the 

 mountain ranges of California, up to 5.000 feet altitude and 

 higher. In some parts of the mountains where the soil is of good 

 depth and loose the runs are numerous. 



Scapanus californicus anthonyi Allen. (For A. W. 

 Anthony. ) 



ANTHONY MOLE. 



Similar to californicus, smaller and darker. Brownish slate 

 black with silvery reflections. 



Length of San Diego County specimens about 155 mm. 

 (6.10 inches) ; tail vertebras 34 (1.33) : hind foot 20 (.78) ; front 

 foot 21 long by 16 wide (.85x63). Female smaller. 



Type locality, San Pedro Martir Mountains. Lower Califor- 



