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KOETH AMEEICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 38. 



Wisconsin, central Minnesota, extreme southeastern South Dakota, 

 northern Nebraska, extreme northeastern Colorado, south and east 

 to northeastern Tamaulipas, Mexico (45 miles from Brownsville, 

 Texas), to the Gulf of Mexico, and in Florida to Tampa Bay and 

 Lemon City. (See fig. 2). 



External cliaraders. — Body robust, depressed; tail short, round, 

 indistinctly annulated, very scantily haired (in appearance, essen- 



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Fig. 2.— Geographic range of the species and subspecies of Scalopus. 



1. S. aquaticus aquaticus. 6. S. a. machrinus. 10. S. a. inter medius. 



2. S. a. howelli. 7. S. a. machrinoides. 11. S. a. texanus. 



3. S. a. australis. 8. S. a. pulcher. 12. S. xreus. 



4. S. a, anastasx. 9. S. a. caryi. 13. S. inflatm. 



5. S. a. parvus. 



tially naked) (fig. 3). Head conoidal, depressed. Nose elongated 

 into a distinct snout, apical portion naked to line of anterior edge of 

 nasals; nostrils superior, crescentic, with concavities turned in later- 

 ally (fig. 4) . Eyes minute, concealed in fur. Auricular orifice small. 

 Legs short and stout. Feet large, fleshy, scantily haired above, 

 naked below, without tubercles. Fore feet handlike, the palms 



