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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



SCALOPS (SCAPANUS) BREWERI. 



Hairy Tailed Mole. 



Scalops brnctri, BACH. Pr. Bost Soc. N. H. 1, 1841, 41. IB. Bost. Jour. N. H. IV, 1843, 32. 



WAGNER, in Wiegmann's Archiv, 1843, H, 31. IB. Suppl. Schreb V. 1855, 573. 

 AUD. & BACH. N. A. Quad. II, 1851, 173; pi. Ixxiv. 



SP. CH. Teeth 44. Eyes covered by the integument. Ear opening rather large. Nostrils lateral. Palms rather narrow. 

 Tall densely hairy. Color, dark plumbeous, glossed with ashy brown. 



Description of a dried skin (No. 319.) Snout long and slender, somewhat depressed and 

 truncated at the end ; naked above, with a few scattered hairs ; hairy on the lower part of the 

 sides and heneath ; extreme tip of the muzzle naked. Nostrils entirely lateral, opening close 

 to the extremity of the snout ; their aperture elongated. Tail short, thick, depressed ; every 

 where densely covered with hair, with a considerable brush at the end. Fore feet much smaller 

 than in other American species; not much smaller than in Condylura ; the palms scarcely 

 broader than long (claws excluded). Hind feet likewise very small ; the toes cleft to the penul 

 timate articulation. 



The fur is long and full, not quite so soft as in S. aquations. Above, it is of a dark ashy 



plumbeous from the roots, glossed with ashy brown. Beneath, this latter tinge is more decided, 



and extends more towards the roots ; towards the chin there is infused a slight tinge of reddish- 



The hands are nearly naked above, probably flesh colored in life, with a few scattered 



ish hairs ; the upper surfaces of the hind feet are brownish. The claws are whitish, with 



a subtermmal dark spot (at the end of the bone). The hairs on the sides and extremity of the 



tail are tipped with silvery. 



In another specimen from Cleveland, presented by Professor Kirtland, the tail is almost 

 * ; and the fur is whitish in spots or patches, distributed irregularly over the body, 

 i specimen described is very old, as shown by the greatly worn teeth. 



