MILLER AND REHN : NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 251 



Genus SCAPANUS Pomel. 1 



1848. Scapanus POMEL, Archiv. sci. phys. nat. Geneve, 4th ser. 

 ix, p. 247. Type. By elimination, Scalops townsendii BACHMAN. 



* Scapanus townsendii (Bachman) . 



1839. Scalops townsendii BACHMAX, Journ. acad. nat. sci., 



Phila., vin, pt. i, p. 58. 

 1848. Scapanus tow[n]sendii POMEL, Archiv. sci. phys. nat. 



Geneve, 4th ser., ix, p. 247. 

 1885. Scapanus townsendii TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 607. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Vicinity of Vancouver, Clarke County, 



Washington (see True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., xix, p. 63, 



December 21, 1896). 



Scapanus orarius True. 



1896. Scapanus orarius TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., xix, p. 

 52. December 21, 1896. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Shoalwater Bay, Pacific County, Washing- 

 ton. 



Scapanus calif ornicus (Ayres): 



1855. Scalops californicus AYRES, Proc. California acad. nat. 

 sci., i, p. 54. 



1896. Scapanus californicus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., xix, 

 p. 52. December 21, 1896. 



TYPE LOCALITY. San Francisco, California. 



Scapanus californicus minusculus Bangs. 



1899. Scapanus californicus minusculus BAXGS, Proc. New 



England zool. club, i, p. 70. July 31, 1900. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Fyffe, El Dorado County, California. 



Scapanus alpinus Merriam. 



1897. Scapanus alpinus MERRIAM, Proc. biol. soc. Washing- 

 ton, xi, p. 102. April 26, 1897. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Crater Lake, Mount Mazama, Klamath 

 County, Oregon. Altitude, 7000 feet. 



1 Revised by True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., xix, pp. 47-67. December 21, 1896. 



