MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA. 55 



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. f. c. f, pm. , m. fx2=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. (DESM. ) 



STAR-NOSED MOLE. 



Sorex cristatus LINN^US. Sys. Nat. (Ed. X), 1758. 



ERXLEBEN. Syst. Reg. Animal, 1777. 



SCHREBER. Saugeth, 1784. 



BODD^RT. 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. Guv. An. King, 1827. 



DEKAY. Zool. of N. Y., 1842. 



BAIRD. Mam. N. A., 1857. 



MERRIAM. Mam. Adirondacks. 



Ehinaster cristatus WAGNER. Suppl. Shreb. Sauget., 1841. 

 Talpa lonqicaudata 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. Saugeth., 1855. 



Ehinaster longicaudata WAGNER. Suppl. Schreb., 1841. 

 Talpa longicaudata BODD. Elench. Anim., 1784.* 

 Condylura macroura HARLAN. Fauna Am., 1825. 



RICHARDS. Fauna bor. Amer. 



FISCHER. Synop. Mam. 



GIEBEL. Saugethiere. 



REICHENBACH. Naturg. Raubth. 

 Ehinaster macrurus FITZINGER. Naturl. Fam. Maulw. 

 Condylura prasinata HARRIS, GODMAN, LESSON, WAGNER. 

 Astromycetes cristatus GRAY. Etc., etc. 



