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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



Subspecies of S. aquaticus 



S. a. aquaticus (L.). Atlantic States from southern Massachusetts 

 and southeastern New York to North Carohna and eastern Tennessee. 



S. a. howelli Jackson. Color dark drab; length 152 mm.: eastern 

 and central North Carolina and South Carohna southwesterly to the 

 Mississippi and the Gulf coast. 



S. a. australis (Chapman). Color clove-brown; length (male) 145 

 mm.: eastern Georgia and eastern Florida. 



Fig. 141. — Lower jaw and fore foot of Scalopus aquaticus {from Jackson). 



S. a. anastascB (Bangs). Color sepia; length (male) 137 mm.: 

 Anastasia Island, Florida. 



S. a. parvus (Rhoads). Color dark sepia; length (male) 134 mm.: 

 Tampa Bay, Florida. 



S. a. machrinus (Rafinesque). Color sepia or brown; length 200 

 mm.: eastern Ohio to central Iowa and southern Minnesota; central 

 Michigan to Tennessee. 



S. a. machrinoides Jackson. Color brown; length 172 mm.: central 

 Minnesota to Arkansas and eastern Kansas. 



S. a. pulcher Jack. Color dark fuscous or brown; length (male) 

 155 mm: central Arkansas to southern Louisiana and eastern Texas. 



S. a. caryi Jack. Color light drab; length (male) 159 mm.: western 

 Nebraska and northwestern Kansas. 



5'. a. intermedius (Elliot). Color light drab; length 164 mm. : central 

 and western Oklahoma. 



S. a. texanus (Allen). Color brown; length 138 mm.: coast region 

 of western Texas; northward to central Texas. 



2. Parascalops True. Dentition 3 /3, i /i, 4/4, 3 /3; nostrils lateral, 

 on the outer side of the snout; digits not webbed; tail hairy: i species. 



P. hreweri (Bachman). Hairy-tailed mole (Fig. 140; Fig. 142). 

 Body blackish, often with a brownish gloss; length 150 mm.; tail 

 30 mm.; hind foot 19: eastern States from New Brunswick to Georgia, 

 in higher altitudes; westward to Ohio; in dry sandy soil; not common. 



