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EEPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Description.— The color is somewhat more brownish above than 

 the common mole; paler and grayer on the under side than the 

 upper. The feet are much smaller than those of the common moles, 

 but are proportionally broader than with most mammals. The tail 

 is also peculiar in that the diameter where it is joined to the body 

 is less than half as great as it is farther away. The eyes are larger 

 than in the other moles, but are much smaller than in most mam- 

 mals. 



Measurements. — Miller gives the following : Total length, 170 

 mm. (63/4 in.) ; tail, 72 mm. (2% in.) ; hind foot, 27 mm. (1 1/16 

 in.). 



Skull and teeth. — The teeth number 44, but are much smaller 

 than those of the common mole, the canine being the smallest of 



Fig. 24. — Skull of Coiult/lnra crLstata: a, lateral view; b, ventral view. After 

 True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, Vol. 19. 



all. The skull (fig. 24) is very long and slender, highest in the 

 middle of the braincase and depressed, anteriorly; palate very nar- 

 row; zygomatic arches straight and slender; angular process of 

 ilie mandible very long and sl(Mider as it is in the shrews. 



I\(ui<)( . — The star- nosed mole is confined to easter-n North Amer- 

 ica, where it is foiuid fartlier nor'lh tlian any of the other moles; 

 the norlhcr-M liiiiil is near the shoi-es ol' -lames Bay. in the east it 

 is found as far soiilli as Maryland, whih^ Indiana is tlie southern 

 limit of its range in the west. 



In Hiis Slate it is i*are. Prof. Van (Joi'di^r has seen but one in 

 Nohh' (bounty. Tliis oik; was i'ound in 1S86, while some men were 



