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seldom, if ever, tinged with rusty. Tail dark. L. 5 13-16. 

 T. 1 3-16. Like the preceding*, a northern species extending 

 its range southward in the mountains. Said to inhabit dry 

 soil. Known only in this State by the numerous specimens 

 taken by the collectors of the United States Biological Surve} r 

 in 1892 and 1893 at Magnetic City, in Mitchell county. 



GENUS SCALOPS, ILLIGER. 



35. S. aquaticus L. Common Mole. Light glossy slate 

 brown, tinged with rusty; tail whitish. L. 6 r ys. T. 1 1-16. 

 The Common Mole is abundant throughout the State. 



family soricidae (the shrews). 



Body usually slender and mouse like with a distinct neck, 

 eyes well developed but ver} T small, a distinct external ear, 

 front feet small, not mole like. Shrews are small animals, 

 something like mice, but with pointed snouts and small eyes, 

 the Mole Shrews of the genus Blarina have, however, a casual 

 resemblance to little moles, except in the forefeet. Two 

 genera occur in North Carolina. 



a. Ears completely hidden by the fur, tail short. 



Genus Blarina. 

 aa. Ears distinctly visible, tail long. Genus Sorex. 



genus blarina gray. 



a. Teeth 32, total length 4 inches or over (subgenus Blarina). 



36. B. brevicauda Say. Mole Shrew. Color sooty slate 

 brown above, more ashy below. L. 4^. T. 1. Found 

 throughout the mountains of the State from Cherokee to the 

 Virginia line. 



37. B. carolinensis Bachm. Carolina Shrew. Very similar 

 to the preceding, but smaller and more slender, being only 

 about 4 inches in total length. Occurs probably throughout 

 the State except in the mountains, but has only been taken in 

 Wake (Raleigh, Apex) and Perquimans counties (Chapanoke). 



