1915.] 



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Talpa Cavxhta Zimmermann (nee Talpa caudata of Linnfeus and others), Specimen 

 Zool. Geog., p. 497, 1777. Based on Pennant's long-tailed mole; type locality, 

 North America. 



?Talpa canadensis Be La Faille, Naturgesch. des Maulwurtes, t. 1, p. 3, 1778. [Not 

 seen.] 



Talpa radiata Shaw, Gen. Zool., Mamm., vol. 1, p. 523, 1800. New name for Sorex 

 cristatus Linnseus. 



Sorex radiatus Shaw, Gen. Zool., Mamm., vol. 1, p. 531, 1800. Based upon a figure 



and description of De La Faille. Type locality, Canada. 

 Scalopus cristatus Geoffroy, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., p. 77, 1803. 

 Scalops cristatus Fischer, Zoognosia, vol. 3, p. 156, 1814. 



Condylura cristata Desmarest, Journ. de Physique, de Chimie, d'Hist. Nat. etdea Arts, 



vol. 89, p. 230, September 1819. 

 Condylura longicaudata Desmarest, Journ. de Physique, de Chimie, d'Hist. Nat, et 



des Arts, vol. 89, p. 232, September, 1819. 

 Tallpasorex] cristata Schinz, Cuvier's ThieiTeich, vol, 1, p. 191, 1821. 

 Condylura fissipes Schinz, Cuvier's Thierreich, vol. 1, p, 191, 1821. (In synonjrmy.) 

 Talpa fiava Schinz (nec Talpa flava Zimmermann), Cuvier's Thierreich, vol. 1, p. 191, 



1821. (In synonymy.) 

 [Talpa] purpurascens Shinz(nec Talpa purpurascens Shaw qui Talpa europsea Linnaeus), 



Cuvier's Thierreich, vol. 1, p. 191, 1821. (In synonymy.) 

 Condylura macroura Harlan, Fauna Amer., p. 39, 1825. Type locality, New Jersey. 

 Astromycter prasinatus Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, vol, 9, p. 400, June, 1825 



(from Machias, Me., "Star" [newspaper]). Type locality, Maine. 

 Condylura prasinata Harris, Boston Journ, Philos. and Arts, vol. 2, p. 582, July, 1825. 

 Talpasor[ex] longicaudata Schinz, Cuvier's Thierreich, vol. 4, p. 312, 1825. 

 ?Talpasorex fissipes Minding, Geog. Vertheilung der Saugethiere, p, 64, 1829. 



(Nomen nudum.) 



astromycter prarinatus (sic) Rafinesque, Atlantic Journ. and Friend of Knowledge, vol. 



1, p. 61, Summer 1832, 

 Condylura cristata Todd, Cyclopaedia Anat. and Physiol., vol. 2, p. 996, 1839. 

 Rh[in/ister'\ cristatus Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. 2, p. 114, 1841. 

 ini[inaster'] macrurus Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. 2. p. 115, 1841. 

 Kh[inaster'] longicaudatus Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. 2, p. 115, 1841. 

 Rhlinasterl macroura Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. 2, p. 117, 1841. 

 Talpa (Condylurus) cristata Blainville, Osteographie, Atlas 1, tables des planches, p. 4; 



fasc. 6, Insectivores, pi. 1 (skeleton), pi. 5 (skull), pi. 9 (teeth), 1839-1864. 

 Astromydes (sic) cristatus Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Asiat, Soc. Mus., p. 87, 1863. 

 Condylus (sic) cristata Van Hyning, Science, n. s., vol. 38, p. 243, August 15, 1913. 



Type locality. — Eastern Pennsylvania. 



GeograpMc range. — That of the genus (see p. 83). 



General characters. — Size medium; color dark, blackish; tail long, 

 about equal in length to body (without head), in autumn and winter 

 much enlarged, slightly shortened, but constricted at base, scaly, 

 haired; nostrils anterior, in nasal disk surrounded by twenty- two 

 fleshy processes ; skull relatively long and narrow ; audital bullae incom- 

 plete; premaxillse much extended beyond nasals anteriorly; first upper 

 incisors large, incurved, and projecting anteriorly. 



Color. — FresJi pelage: Upperparts blackish brown to nearly black; 

 imderparts paler and more brownish, fuscous to fuscous-black; tail 



