260 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. 



Neurotrichus gibbsi major Mkrriam. (For George 

 Gibbs; large.) 



LARGE SHREW MOLE. 



Dark sooty brown with purple and silvery reflections. 



Length about 120 mm. (4.75 inches) ; tail vertebr?e 40 

 (1.37) ; hiod foot 17 (.67). 



Type locality, Carberry Ranch, Shasta County, California. 



Northern Sierra Nevada and Mount Shasta above 4,000 feet 

 altitude and the coast region north of San Francisco. Not com- 

 mon. 



