256 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UXITED STATES 



Subspecies oj B. brevicauda 



B. b. brevicauda (Say). Western Nebraska to ]Manitoba; eastward 

 to the Mississippi River. 



B. b. aloga Bangs. Smaller and paler; color brownish drab : ]Marthas 

 Vineyard. 



B. b. compacta Bangs. Color slaty gray; tail 

 unicolor: Nantucket. 



B. b. carolinensis (Bachman). Size smaller: 

 southern States from Indiana and Maryland to 

 Arkansas and Florida. 



B. b. hulophaga Elliot. Smaller, lighter in color 

 and with an extremely short tail: Oklahoma. 



B. b. peninsulce Merriam. Color more slaty; 

 hind feet longer: Florida south of latitude 28. 



B. b. talpoides (Gapper). Northeastern and 

 central States; westward to the Mississippi; south- 

 ward to Georgia and Tennessee. 



B. telmalestes Merr. Similar to B. brevicauda 

 but more plumbeous in color; length 118 mm.; tail 

 28 mm. ; hind foot 16 mm. : Dismal Swamp, Virginia. 



5. Cryptotis Pomel. Similar to Blarina, but 

 much smaller; tail very short; dentition 3/2, i/o, 

 2/1, 3/3: 18 species, all tropical but two. 



C. parva (Say). Body brownish in color; length 

 79 mm.; tail 16 mm.; hind foot 10 mm.: eastern 

 and central States, south of New York; westward 

 to Nebraska and Texas; in meadows and fields; 

 often rare. 



C. jioridana (Merriam). Color iron gray; 

 length 89 mm.; tail 22 mm.; hind foot 22 mm.; 

 Fig. 147.— Blarina hre- similar to C. porva, but larger: Florida, south of 



vicauda {from Rhoads). _ i 7 o 7 



latitude 29. 



C. berlandieri{B3iird) . Color ash brown ; length 83 mm.; tail 19 mm.; 

 hind foot 12 mm.: coast of southern Texas and valley of the lower Rio 

 Grande. 



6. Notiosorex Baird. Body very small; tail short; dentition 

 3/2, i/o, i/i, 3/3: I species. 



N. crawfordi (Baird). Color olive gray; beneath whitish; length 

 82 mm.; tail 26 mm.; hind foot 10 mm.: eastern Texas to southern 

 Caifornia. 



