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Genus SCIUROPTERUS Frederick Cuvier. 
42. Sciuropterus volans Linnaeus. Common Plying Squirrel. 
Occurs all over the state, except western and northwestern parts. 
Order INSECTIVORA. (The Insect-eaters.) 
Family SCOEICIDAE. (The Sehrews.) 
Genus SOREX Linnaeus. . 
43. Sorex palustris Richardson. Water Shrew. 
Occurs in Minnesota; Possibly in Iowa. 
44. Sorex richarclsoni Bachman. 
Occurs in Minnesota; possibly in Iowa. 
45. Sorex personatus Goeferey St. Hilaire. Common Shrew. 
46. Sorex lioyi Baird. 
Occurs in Wisconsin; possibly in Iowa. 
Genus BLARINA Gray. 
47. Blarina 'brevicauda Say. Mole Shrew; Short-tailed Shrew\ 
Common over the state. 
48. Blarina parva Say. Least Shrew. 
Common over the state. 
Family TALPIDAE. (The Moles.) 
Genus 8CAL0PS Cuvier. 
49. Scalops aquaticus machrinus Rafinesque. Prairie Mole. 
Common all over the state. 
Order OHIROPTEKA. (The Bats.) 
Family YESPERTILIONIDAE. (The Common Bats.) 
Genus MYOTIS Kaup. 
50. Myotis suhulatus Say. Say’s Bat. 
Common all over the state. 
51. Myotis lucifiigns Le Conte. Little B’rown Bat. 
52. Myotis velifer Allen. 
Occurs in Missouri; probably Iowa. 
53. Myotis californicus ciliolabrim Merriam. 
Occurs in South Dakota; probably in Iowa. 
Genus LASIONYCTERIS Peters. 
54. Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte. Silver-haired Bat. 
Occurs all over loAva. 
Genus PIPISTRELLUS Kaup. 
55. Pipistrelliis subflavus P. Cuvier. Georgian Bat. 
Genus VESPERTILIO Linnaeus. 
56. Yespertilio fusciis Beauvois. Brown Rat. 
Genus LASIURUS Gray. 
57. Lasiurus borealis Muller. Red Bat. 
