1915.] 



GENUS PARASCALOPS. 



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Genus PABASCALOPS True. 



Parascalops True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 27, p. 242, April 26, 1804. 

 Perascalops Beadard, Cambridge Nat. Hist., vol. 10, p. 518, 1902. 



Type species, — Scalops hreweri Bachman. 



Geographic range. — Southeastern Canada and northeastern United 

 States from southern New Brunswick, southern Quebec, and eastern 

 Ontario, south to northeastern Ohio and southern Pennsylvania; and 

 in the Appalachian Mountains to western North Carolina (fig. 13). 



External characters. — Body robust, not much depressed ; tail short 

 (relatively longer than in Scalopus), round, thick, and fleshy, slightly 

 constricted at base, 

 annulated, densely 

 covered with rather 

 long, coarse hairs 

 (fig. 14). Head co- 

 noidal, depressed. 

 Nose developed into 

 a conical snout 

 (shorter than inSca- 

 Jopus or Scapanus), 

 with a superior lon- 

 gitudinal median 

 groove extending 

 the anterior haK of 

 its length; nostrils 

 lateral, crescentic, 

 with concavities up- 

 ward (fig. 15) . Eyes 

 minute, concealed in 

 fur. Auricular ori- 

 fices relatively large. 

 Legs short. Feet 

 large, fleshy, sparse- 

 ly haired above, naked below. Fore feet handlike, the palms as 

 broad as long (fig. 16) . Soles of hind feet each with two tubercles and 

 a distinct heel-pad (fig. 17). Toes not webbed. Claws of fore feet 

 broad, flat, and heavy; those of hmd feet relatively short and slender. 

 Fur dense, soft, and silky (coarser than in Scalopus or Scapanus), the 

 hairs nearly equal in length, producing a velvetlike pelage. Mammae, 

 8: later o-pectoral, 2-2; latero-abdominal, 1-1; inguinal, 1-1. 



Slceletal characters. — Clavicle relatively longer and weaker than in 

 Scalopus or Scapanus, length about equal to breadth, penetrated 

 antero-posteriorly by a foramen near the inferior border. Humerus 



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EiG. 13.— Geographic range of the species Parascalops hreweri. 



