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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 10. 



NOTIOSOREX CRAWFORDI EYOTTS (Cones). 



Sorex (Notiosorex) evotis Cones, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Gcog. Surv., Ill, 1877, 652. 



(From Mazatlau, Mexico.) 

 Kotiosorex cvuwfordi Doljsou (not Baird), Mon. iDsectivora, Part III, 1890, PI. XXIII, 



lig. 20. (From Mazatlan, Mexico.) 

 Type from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. (No. 9066, U. S. Nat. Mns.) 



Geographic distribution. — Xeigbborlioodof iMazatlaii ; ^al]g•euIlk]l()^yll. 

 ^General characters. — Similar to JS\ cra wfordi, but slightly larger and 

 darker. 



Color. — Upper parts plumbeous, the tips of the hairs ashy or brown- 

 ish; under parts soiled whitish. 



Cranial and dental characters. — The skull of eroffs I have uot seeii^ 

 the skull of the type having been lost or mislaid in the United States 

 ^NTational Museum; but Dobson lias figured the teeth of a specimen 

 from the type locality (Mon. Insectivora, Part III, fasc. 1, 1890, Pi. 

 XXIII, fig. 20), which, if correct, indicates that the teeth are more 

 crowded than m crawfordi, and the second or middle unicusi)id smaller, 

 being intermediate in height between the first and third. In craicfordi 

 the first and second are essentially subequal. 



2leasuremcnts of type specimen (from dry skin, as recorded by Cones, 

 converted into millimeters). — Head and body, 73 mm.; tail vertebrtie, 

 23 mm. [probably 25 mm.]; hind foot, 11.5 mm. 



General remarlcs. — In the absence of sufficient material of ^. evotis^ it 

 is impossible to determine its exact relations to craicfordi. Dobson 

 did not recognize it as distinct, but figured its teeth under the name 

 craicfordi. For the present it seems best to retain it as a subspecies. 



