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The writer here wishes to express his appreciation of the 

 cordial assistance rendered in various ways by Mr. John 

 Rowley, Curator of Mammals in the California Academy of 

 Sciences. Acknowledgments are also due Mr. Walter P. 

 Taylor, of the staff of the California Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology, for correcting several errors in the manuscript. 



To summarize : according to the present enumeration 337 

 species of mammals are accredited to California and the adja- 

 cent ocean. Eight Orders are represented, thirty-one Families, 

 and eighty-nine Genera. 



Order INSECTIVORA 



Family TALPIDAE 



Scapanus tow^nsendi (Bachman) 



Oregon Mole 



Original description — Scalops tozviisoidii Bachman, Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 8, pt. 1, 1839, pp. 58-60. ^ 



Type locality — Fort Vancouver, Clarke County, Washing- 

 ton (Me True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 19, 1896, p. 63). 



Synonym — Townsend Mole. 



Range — Boreal and Transition zones in extreme northern 

 humid coast belt, south to Cuddeback, Humboldt County (Mus. 

 Vert. ZooL). 



Scapanus orarius True 



Northwest Coast Mole 



Original description — Scapanus orarius True, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 19, December, 1896, p. 52. 



Type locality — Shoalwater Bay, Pacific County, Washing- 

 ton. 



Range — Boreal and Transition zones in extreme northern 

 humid coast belt, south as far as Cuddeback, Humboldt County 

 (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and Mendocino, Mendocino County 

 (Elliot, Field Col. Mus., zool. ser., 3, 1903, p. 197). 



