MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 5D 
to be indicated by the expression in Shakespeare: ‘‘Pray you 
tread softly, that the blind mole may not hear a foot-fall.”’ 
GENUS SCAPHANUS. 
Dentition: i. 3. c. 4, pm. 4, m. 3x2—44. The teeth forward 
of the last premolar are nearly equal in size above and below. 
Nostrils lateral or superior. Tail hairy. 
Scaphanus breweri is not known to occur in Minnesota, but 
since another closely allied form, S. townsendi, occurs in Oregon, 
it is not unnatural to expect that some representative of the 
genus will ultimately be found. ~ 
Condylura cristata L. (DEsmM. ) 
STAR-NOSED MOLE. 
Sorex cristatus LINNZUS. Sys. Nat. (Hd. X), 1758. 
ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Animal, 1777. 
SCHREBER. Siugeth, 1784. 
BoppzRT. Elenchus Anim., 1784. 
GMELIN. Syst. Nat., 1788. 
Condylura cristata DESMAREST. Journ. de Physique, 1819. 
HARLAN. Fauna Am., 1825. 
GODMAN. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1825. 
GRIFFITH. Cuv. An. King, 1827. 
Dricsy, Zool. or N.Y... 1842. 
BAIRD. Mam. N. A., 1357. 
MERRIAM. Mam. Adirondacks. 
. Rhinaster cristatus WAGNER. Suppl. Shreb. Siiuget., 1841. 
Talpa longicaudata ERXL. Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777. 
SHAW. Gen. Zool., 1800. 
Talpa radiata SHAW. Gen. Zool., 1800. 
Sorex radiatus SHAW. Gen. Zool., 1800. 
Condylura longicaudata DESMAREST. Mamm., 1820. 
HARLAN. Fauna Am., 1825. 
GRIFFITH. Cuv., 1827. 
RICHARDSON. Fauna Bor. Am., 1829. 
FiscHER. Synopsis, 1829. 
GIEBEL. Siiugeth., 1855. 
Rhinaster longicaudata WAGNER. Suppl. Schreb., 1841. 
Talpa longicaudata Bopp. Elench. Anim., 1784. 
Condylura macroura HARLAN. Fauna Am., 1825. 
RICHARDS. Fauna bor. Amer. 
FISCHER. Synop. Mam. 
GIEBEL. Siiugethiere. 
REICHENBACH. Naturg. Raubth. 
Rhinaster macrurus FITZINGER. Naturl. Fam. Maulw. 
Condylura prasinata HARRIs, GODMAN, LESSON, WAGNER. 
Astromycetes cristatus GRAY. Etce., etc. 
