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Remarks. De Kay’s account of Scalops aguaticus clearly refers in 
part to the hairy-tailed mole since he records one specimen with 44 teeth. 
Parascalops breweri (Bachman)  Aairy-tailed mole 
1842 Scalops aguaticus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
p- 15 (part). 
1844 Scalops brewert Bachman, Boston journ. nat. hist. 4 : 32. 
1855 Scalops breweri Baird, N. Y. State cab. nat. hist. r5th rep. 
Append. A. p. r. 
1884 Scapanus americanus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 
B10 
1895 Larascalops breweri True, Science, N.S. 25 Jan. 1895. 1: 101. 
1898 Farascalops brewert Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. g Sep. 
TOQOe 4 LO) 1 2435 
1898 Larascalops brewert Mearns, U.S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21: 357. 
Type locality. The type specimen of Scalops breweri was supposed to 
have been taken on the island of Marthas vineyard, Massachusetts (see 
Bachman, ’44) but this is doubtless an error. 
faunal position. Boreal zone and perhaps northern part of transition 
zone. 
Distribution in New York. ‘Vhe range of the hairy-tailed mole in New 
York is not well understood at present. The animal is probably common 
in open country throughout the northern half of the state. It also occurs 
in the Catskills and in the Hudson highlands. In his Revision of the 
American moles Mr F, W. True says: “All the New York specimens 
examined were from Lewis and Oneida counties, in the northwestern 
part of the state, but Bachman had 4 specimens from Troy, Rensselaer. 
co, [Audubon and Bachman ’51, p. 175]. No specimens have been 
taken in any part of southern or southeastern New York so far as I am 
aware” (’96, p. 73) 
Principal records. De Kay: (A specimen of Scalops aguaticus with 44 
teeth is mentioned (’42, p. 15-16), but no locality stated). Baird: “This 
species of mole, although not mentioned by De Kay in the State natural 
history, is in reality very abundantly to be met with in the northern part 
of the state and apparently to the exclusion of the more southern species 
with white naked tail, S. aguaticus (65, p. 1). Merriam: “I have 
secured a number of examples of this species from the borders of the 
wilderness, but have not observed it within the coniferous forests” 
(84d, p. 63). Mearns: “This mole is probably rare in the [Hudson] 
highlands though common in the Catskill mountains. I have examined 
