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Order INSECTIVORA. 
Family SORECID. Shrews. 
A large family of quite small animals, most abundant in the 
colder parts of the northern hemisphere. The food is insects 
and mice. 
80. ADORNED SHREW. Sorex ornatus. 
In the mountains.. Rare. 
81. GRAY SHEW. Notiosorex crawfordi. 
Mountain and mesa. Rare. 
Family TALPID/E. Moles. 
A moderate sized family generally distributed over the north 
temperate zone. The food is insects, larve, etc., obtained in 
burrowing through the soil. 
82. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOLE. Scapanus latimanus 
occultus. 
Rather rare near the coast; more common in the mountains. 
These Moles do not eat the roots of plants or other vegetation. 
Order CHIROPTERA. Bats. 
Bats are found in all parts of the world except the polar 
regions. The food of California species is insects caught in 
the air. 
Family VESPERTILIONID#. Bats. 
A rather small family, most common in temperate regions. 
83. PALE BAT. Antrozous pallidus. 
This large Bat is found in the Colorado Desert and in the 
bordering foothills. It is not common. 
84. PACIFIC PALE BAT. Antrozous pallidus pacificus. 
Occasional in the mountains; probably found also in the 
coast region. but I have no record from there. 
85. PALE LUMP-NOSED BAT. Corynorhinus macrotis 
pallescens. 
Rather common in the Colorado Desert and occasional in the 
coast region. 
86. LONG-SHANKED BAT. Myotis lucifugus longicrus. 
Generally distributed but not common in the coast region. 
OAK FOLIAGE BAT. Myotis californicus quercinus. 
Common in the mountains and in the coast region. 
88. LA GRULLA BROWN BAT. Myotis orinomus. 
Found in the mountains. Not common. 
90. LONG-EARED BAT. Myotis evotis. 
Found throughout the county. Not common. 
91. WESTERN BAT. Pipistrellus hesperus. 
Abundant in spring and rather common in summer and 
autumn in the Colorado Desert and bordering foothills. 
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