THE HAIRV-TAII.KD MOLP], 



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make its occurrence in Indiana in former times all the more 

 probable. 



Its habits are much like those of the fisher, but it lives in the 

 tree-tops to an even greater extent. It is very shy and never stays 

 in settled regions nor molests domestic animals. It produces from 

 six to eight young each year and, having few enemies, hohls its 

 own fairly well in the unsettled regions of Canada. ^lacfarlane 

 states that the Hudson's Bay Company sold more than 78,000 skins 

 as the result of a. single year's catch no longer ago than 1902. 



Genus Parascalops True. . 



Farascalops True, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 17, p. 242, 1894. 



Dental formula.— I, gj; C, \~; Pm, ^J; M, = 44. 



Generic characters. — External form much the same as in the 

 common moles, Scalops, excepting the tail, which is short, blunt and 

 densely haired ; the size is somewhat less, and the head and feet are 

 less broad. The teeth are more numerous and the dental formula 

 is the same as that of the star-nosed mole. 



PARASCALOPS BREWERI (Bacliman) . 

 THE BREWER MOLE; HAIRY-TAILED MOLE. 



Scalops hrcweri Bachman, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist.. Vol. 4, p. 32, 

 1842. 



Scapaiius anierica)ius Evermann and Butler, Proc. Ind. Acad. 

 Sci. for 1893, p. 139, 1894. 



Description. — The Brewer mole bears a general resemblance to 

 the common mole, but may be distinguished from it by the number 

 of teeth and the hairy, club-shaped tail. This organ is somewhat 

 constricted at the base as it is in the star-nosed mole, but it is short 

 (I14 in-) aiicl bluntly rounded at the tip. The fur usually has more 

 of a brownish tinge than in the common mole. The skull and teeth 

 are similar to those of the common mole but somewhat more slender. 



Range and habits. — This mole is limited to eastern North Amer- 

 ica from the St. Lawrence River to North Carolina and from the 

 Atlantic at least as far west as central Ohio. There are two speci- 

 mens in the Indiana University collection, correctly identified, 

 cataloged and labeled as coming from Bloomington, Indiana. I 

 do not place much credence in these labels and am not willing to 

 record the species as occurring in the State on the basis of these 

 specimens. But its occurrence is not beyond the range of proba- 

 bility. The species has been taken in Ohio about 60 miles from Cin- 



