% MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. ol 
GENUS SCALOPS. Cuv. 
This genus includes American moles, in which the nostrils 
are on the upper surface of the nose, and are not surrounded 
by fringing tentacles, and the teeth are 36 in number, the two 
upper anterior ones being very large. 


Fig. 4. SCALOPS AQUATICUS. 
Scalops aquaticus Linn. sp. 
Sorex aquaticus LINN. Syst. Nat., 1758. 
ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Anim., 1771. 
SCHREBER. Siuget., iii. 
BODDAERT. Elenchus Anim, 1784. 
GMELIN. Syst. Nat., 1788. 
Talpa ewropea flavescens ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Anin., 1777. 
ZIMMERMAN. Geogr. Geschicte d. Menschen u. d. Thiere. 
SCHREBER. Siugethiere. 
