26o VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



S. orariiis True. Body blackish or grayish in color; length 167 mm. ; 

 tail T,2> mm.; hind foot 20 mm.: Washington, Oregon and northern 

 California. 



Subspecies of S. orariiis 



S. 0. orarius True. Color fuscous black: coast region of Washing- 

 ton, Oregon and northern California. 



S. 0. scheferi Jackson. Color gray: north-central Oregon to 

 British Columbia. 



S. latimaniis (Bach.) (Fig. 144). Body usually fuscous black, gray 

 or drab in color; length 173 mm.; tail 35 mm.; hind foot 23 mm.: south- 

 ern Oregon and California; annual litter of 2 or 3 each. 



Subspecies of S. latimanus 



S. I. latimanus (Bach.). Color black in winter, brown in summer; 

 length 170 mm.: western Cahfornia from Santa Maria River to Oregon. 



5. 1. occuUus Grinnell & Swarth. Color lighter: southern California, 

 west of the deserts and south of Olancha. 



S. I. grinnelli Jack. Color black; length 156 mm.: Inyo County, 

 California. 



S. I. sericatus Jack. Color black; length 1 70 mm. : Yosemite regon. 



S. I. minusculus Bangs. Color in summer, brown; length 160 mim.: 

 El Dorado County, Cahfornia. 



S. I. dilatus True. Color gray or drab; length 175 mm.: south- 

 central Oregon and northeastern California. 



S. I. alpinus Merriam. Color in summer, gray; length 188 mm.: 

 Crater Lake, Oregon. 



5. Neurotrichus Giinther. Size very small; dentition 3 /3, i /i, 2/2, 

 3 /3 ; snout terminating in a small disc in which are the laterally situated 

 nostrils; digits not webbed: i species. 



N. gibbsi (Baird). Body dark gray in color; length 113 mm.; tail 

 37 mm.; hind foot 15 mm.: British Columbia to Eureka, Cahfornia, 

 west of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada; in wet woods or meadows, 

 often on the surface or under logs. 



Subspecies of N. gibbsi 



N. g. hyacinthinus Bangs. Size larger; color darker: coast region 

 of California from Monterey to Eureka. 



Family 2. Soricidae. — Shrews. Body rather slender; neck distinct; 

 snout elongate and proboscis-like; eyes and external ears normal, but 

 small; feet pentadactylous, the fore feet not modified; fur soft and 



