TCEY TO LAND MAMMALS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA I4I 



Condylura cristata (Linnaeus) Star-nosed mole 



1758 Sorex oristatus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10. 1:53. (Penn- 

 sylvania) 

 1819 Condylura cristata Desmarest, Journal de pbysiciue. 89:230. 

 1896 Condylura cristata True, Pioc. U. S. national museum. 19:78. 



Dusky brown, paler and grayer below. Total length, 170 (6i) ; tail verte- 

 brae, 72 (2|) ; hind foot, 27 (It'll), (cristata; Lat., crested) 



The star-nosed mole inhabits wet places in the boreal and transition 

 zones of eastern North America. Its northward range is more extensive 

 than that of any other American species. 



Genus Scalops Illiger 



1811 Scalops Illiger, Prodr. syst. mamm. et avium, p. 126. Type Sorex 

 aquations Linnaeus. . 



Teeth 36; nostrils on upper side of simple muzzle; tail short, not thickened, 

 nearly naked. (Scalops; Gk., a mole) 



The genus Scalops is confined to eastern North America. It con- 

 tains five or six forms whose interrelationships are not fully understood. 

 Only one of these occurs within our limits. 



Scalops aquaticus , (Linnaeus) Naked-tailed mole 



1758 Sorex aquations Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10. 1 : 53. (East- 



ern United States) 

 1825 Scalops aquations F. Cuvier, Dents des mammifferes, p. 2'il. 

 1896 Scalops aquaticus True, Proc. U. S. national museum. 19 : 19. 



Light, glossy slate-brown, often tinged with rusty ; tail whitish. Total length, 

 162 (6|) ; tail vertebrae, 27 (lA) ; hind foot, 16.5 (|). (aquaticus; from Lat., 

 aquatic) 



The naked-tailed mole inhabits dry sandy soil in the eastern United 

 States and southern Canada from the northern limits of the transition 

 zone southward. The form found within our limits is the typical sub- 

 species, S. aquaticus aquaticus. 



Genus Parascalops True 



1894 Parasoalops True, Diagnoses of new North American mammals. 

 26 Ap. 1894. p. 2. (Reprinted: Proc. U. S. national museum. 15 Nov. 

 1894: 17:242) TypeSoalops 1> r e we r i Bachman. 



Teeth 44; nostrils on outer side of simple muzzle; tail short, thick, densely 

 haired. (Parascalops; Gk., near to t be genus Scalops) 



The genus Parascalops is confined to eastern North America. 

 ■Only one species is known. 



