1915.] 



a?HE FAMILY TALPID^. 



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Condylura Illiger, Prod. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, p. 125, 1811. Earliest available 

 name for the genus of which the type is Sorex cristatus Linnaeus. "We owe the 

 name Condylura to the faulty figure of the animal given by De La Faille, in 

 which the tail ia represented as constricted at intervals, the whole resembling 

 a string of beads. From this Illiger was led to include in his diagnosis the expres- 

 sion * Cauda mediocris nodosa,' and to bestow an inappropriate name." ^ Illiger 

 includes two species under the genus: Sorex cristatus Linnaeus and Talpa longi- 

 caudata Erxleben. 



Condylurus Blainville, Ann. Fran^ais et Etrang^res d'Anat. et de Physiol., vol. 2, 

 p. 219, 1838. Emendation for Condylura, used subgenerically ad Talpa cristata. 



Condylus Van Hyning, Science, n. s., vol. 38, p. 243, August 15, 1913. Misprint 

 for Condylura. 



Condytura Todd, Cyclopaedia Anat. and Physiol., vol. 2, p. 994, 1839. Used erro- 

 neously, but consistently, for Condylura Illiger. 



Neourotrichus Rye, Zool. Record, vol. 17, index, p. 8, 1881. Emendation for Neiiro- 

 trichus Gunther. 



Neiirotrichus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, p. 441, October, 1880. Ear- 

 liest name for the genus of which Urotrichus gibbsii Baird is the type. Some- 

 times used without the diaeresis {Neurotrichu^ Forbes, Zool. Record, vol. 17, 

 Mammalia, p. 14, 1881). 



Neiirotrichus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, plate 42, October, 1880. 

 Misprint for Neiirotrichus. 



Parascalops True, Proc. XJ. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 27, p. 242, April 26, 1894. The first 

 available name for the genus of which Scalops hreweri Bachman is the type. 



Perascalops Beddard, Cambridge Nat. Hist., vol. 10, Mammalia, p. 518, 1902. 

 Misprint for Parascalops. 



Rhinaster Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amphib., p. 14, 1830. Name proposed by Wagler to 

 replace Condylura Illiger which he considered misleading. ^ Under this he 

 mentions two species: Sorex cristatus Linnaeus and Condylura prasinata Harris. 



Scalops Cuvier, Legons d'Anatomie Compar6e, vol. 1, Premier Tableau General des 

 Classes des Animaux, 1800. Nomen nudum. The generic name Scalops later 

 was based upon Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus by Illiger (Prod. Syst. Manmi. et Avium, 

 p. 126, 1811), but is preoccupied by Scalopus Geoffrey. 



Scalopus Geoffrey, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., p. 77, 1803. Earliest available 

 name for the genus of which Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus in the type.^ 



Scalpos Brooks, Rept. W. Va. State Board Agric, Quarter ending December 30, 1910, 

 p. 28, 1911. Misprint for Scalops. 



Scapanus Pomel, Archives Sci. Physiques et Nat., vol. 9, p. 247, November, 1848. 

 Tenable name for the genus of which Scalops townsendii Bachman is the type.* 

 Pomel's description ^ is faulty in that it states that the nostrils are lateral, a 

 condition which is not found in Scapanus townsendii. 



1 True, F. W., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, p. 78, 1896. 



2 "Wie bekannt, ist der Schwanz dieses TMeres vollkommen eben." (Wagler, loo. cit.) 



3 Type fixed by Palmer, T. S. (Index Gen. Mamm., N. Am. Fauna No. 23, p. 621, 1904). The original 

 generic description reads: "Caract. nat. Deux incisives a la mfi,choire sup^rieure, quatre h Tinferieure, les 

 interm^diaires fort petites; un boutoir, une queue assez longue; pieds pentadactyles, doigts des pates 

 ant^rieures r^unis jusqu'aux ongles seulement; ces ongles assez longs, plats, et dirig^s un peu en arrifere; 

 corps convert de poils." (GeofEroy, 1803, loc. cit.) 



4 Type fixed by Elliot, D. G. (Field Columb. Mus-,publ. 45, zool. series, vol. 2, p. 391, 1901). 



5 "2e type, LEPTORHINIENS, trompe gr&le aigue, narines ouvertes pr5s de I'extr^mit^. 

 " Genres Hyporyssusf, Scalops, Scapanus. 



" NOTA.— Ce troisifeme genre diff&re des scalops par la position latdraleet non sup^rieure de I'ouverture des 

 narines, et par la formula dentaire comprenant une intermediaire sup^rieure et trois inferieures de plus. 

 Les esp&ces sont: Scapanus Towsendii (sic) et Breweri (Seal. Towsendii(sic) et Breweri Bachm. ). " (Pomel, 

 A., 1848, loc. cit., p. 247). 



