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TALPA CMCk Savi. 



1822. Talpa cseca Savi, Nuovo Giom. de' Letterati, Pisa, I, p. 265. 

 1857. Talpa cmca Blasius, Saugethiere Deutsehlands, p. 115. 



1906. Talpa caeca Camerano, Boll. Mus. Zool. ed Anat. Comp. della K. 



Univ. di Torino, xxi, No. 530, p. 1, June 22, 1906. 

 1910. Talpa cseca Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 63. 



Type locality. — Mountains near Pisa, Italy. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region, eastward 

 into Asia Minor ; details of distribution not known. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than Talpa europsea (condylobasal length 

 of skull, 29-32 mm. instead of 33-37 mm.) and skull with 

 narrower rostrum and palate (breadth of rostrum over canines 

 about 4 mm. instead of 4 ■ 6-5 mm.) ; temporal fossa shortened, the 

 distance from its posterior margin to posterior margin of anteor- 

 bital foramen about equal to distance from latter point to second 

 premolar ; anteorbital foramen large, its posterior border over 

 front of last molar, the plate forming outer wall of canal a 

 slender, terete thread ; teeth small, the length of upper tooth-row 

 (exclusive of incisors), 11-12 mm. ; mesostyle of m l and m 3 with 

 apex deeply notched (this character not visible in specimens with 

 much worn teeth). 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of five specimens from 

 Cortivallo, Ticino, Switzerland : head and body, 133 ■ 8 (125-142) ; 

 tail, 25-2 (21-30) ; hind foot (dry), 15-6 (15-16). Average and 

 extremes of three specimens from Reggello, Tuscany, Italy (in 

 alcohol) : tail, 23-6 (22-25) ; hind foot, 14-7 (14-4-15-5). For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 17. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-five, from the following localities : — 

 Switzebland : Agmizzo, Ticino, 1 ; Bellinzona, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Breganzona, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Canabbio, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Corti- 

 vallo, Ticino, 5 (U.S.N.M.) ; Lonvico, Ticino, 2 (U.S.N.M.) ; Lugano, 

 Ticino, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; Muzzano, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Origlio, Ticino, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Sorengo, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Stabio, Ticino, 1. 



Itals: Regello, Tuscany, 4 (U.S.N.M.); N.S. della Vittoria, Ligurian 

 Appenines, 1 (Genoa) ; no exact locality, 2. 



<?. Agmizzo, Ticino, Switzerland. 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 18. 



(E. H. Zollikofer.) 

 {. Stabio, Ticino. (E. H. Zol- 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 19. 

 likofer.) 

 6, ¥ al. Italy. Dr. Riippell (c). 45. 7. 22. 32-33. 



TALPA OCCIDENTALS Cabrera. 



1907. Talpa cseca occidentalis Cabrera, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



xx, p. 212, September, 1907. Type in Cabrera collection. 

 1907. Talpa cseca occidentalis Cabrera, Bol. Ileal. Soc. Espafl. Hist. Nat., 



Madrid, vn, p. 222, October, 1907. (For date see Cabrera, Ann. 



and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., I, p. 189, February, 1908.) 

 1910. Talpa cseca occidentalis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 63. 



Type locality. — La Granja, Province of Segovia, Spain. 

 Geographical distribution. — Iberian Peninsula. 



