MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 



GENUS SCALOPS. Cuv. 



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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 aquations LINN. SP. 



Sorex aquaticus LINN. Syst. Nat, 1758. 



ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Anim., 1771. 



SCHREBER. Sauget., ill. 



BODDAERT. Elenchus Anim, 1784. 

 GMELIN. Syst. Nat., 1788. 

 Talpa europea flavescens ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Anin., 1777. 



ZIMMERMAN. Geogr. Geschicte d. Menschen u. d. Thiere. 

 SCHREBER. Silugethiere. 



