THE MAMMALS OF NEW JERSEY. 89 
Blarina parva (Say). 
Brown Shrew. 
PLATE SO; Fics i 
Length 3.75 inches. Dark brown or iron gray above, ashy 
below. 
This little animal differs from the short-tailed shrew only in 
size and color. It seems to be rather scarce wherever found, but 
this may be due to ignorance of its favorite haunts. I have 
secured it near Cape May, and Mr. Rhoads records it from 
Tuckerton, Hackensack marshes, Princeton and _ Berkeley 
Heights, Union county. 
Blarina parva Miller. Bull. N. Y. State Museum, 1899, p. 362. 
—Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 196. 
Family TALPIDZE. 
MOLES. 
These curious animals are adapted for a life underground. 
Their fore-feet are curiously modified into large hands standing 
on edge, while the arms are greatly reduced. The muscular 
power of the fore-feet is very great and the animal can dig its 
way with tremendous rapidity, usually forcing the earth up at the 
surface. 
We have several different moles belonging to three genera. 
a. A fleshy star on the nose, teeth i 3/3, c 1/1, p 4/4, m 3/3.* 
CONDYLURA (Star-nosed Mole) 
aa. No fleshy star. 
b. Tail naked, teeth i 3/2, c 1/o, p 3/3, m 3/3. 
scALops (Naked-tailed Mole) 
bb. Tail hairy, teeth i 3/3, c 1/1, p 4/4, m 3/3. 
PARASCALOPS (Brewer’s Mole) 
*i—incisors, c—canines p—premolars m—molars, 3/3—three above and 
three below. 
