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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number. 
Correspond’g 
No. of skull. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Original 
number. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
2005 
Steilacoom, W. T_ 
July, 1856 
Dr. George Buckley, U.S A. 
119 
Skin__ 
1963 
do_ _ 
Apl. 5,1856 
_do___ 
85 
. -..do~- 
2212 
_do _ 
1856. 
Alcohol. 
361 
1275 
_ 
21 
Mounted. _ 
621 
Shoal water Bay_ 
Sept., 1854 
Dr. J. G. Cooper. 
17 
Skin 
1381 
q 
_do_ 
Aug 30,1855 
812 
Astoria, Oregon...._ 
Lt.W.P.Trowbridge,U.S A. 
2209 
3112 
Petaluma, Cal_„ _ _ _ 
1856. 
E. Samuels____ 
_do_ 
2210 
_do. „.... 
Alcohol_ 
2211 
1288 
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- - 1 
San Francisco 
do 
Dr. J. S. Newherry__ 
__do_ 
2208 
..1 
Lt. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A. 
_„._do„_ 
2673 
_ - _ do 
Dr. W. O. Ayres. .. 
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SCALOPS (SCAPANUS) BREWERI. 
Hairy Tailed Mole. 
Scalops breweri, Bach. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. 1,1841, 41.— Ib. Bost. Jour. N. H. IV, 1843, 32. 
Wagner, in Wiegmann’s Archiv, 1843, n, 31 .—Ib. Suppl. Schreb V, 1855, 573. 
Arm. & Bach. N. A. Quad. II, 1851, 173; pi. lxxiv. 
Sp Ch.—T eeth 44. Eyes covered by the integument. Ear opening rather large. Nostrils lateral. Palms rather narrow. 
Tail densely hairy. Color, dark plumbeous, glossed with ashy brown. 
Description of a dried slcin {No. 319.)—Snout long and slender, somewhat depressed and 
truncated at the end ; naked above, with a few scattered hairs ; hairy on. the lower part of the 
sides and beneath ; extreme tip of the muzzle naked. Nostrils entirely lateral, opening close 
to the extremity of the snout; their aperture elongated. Tail short, thick, depressed; every¬ 
where densely covered with hair, with a considerable brush at the end. Fore feet much smaller 
than in other American species ; not much smaller than in Oondylura; the palms scarcely 
broader than long (claws excluded). Hind feet likewise very small; the toes cleft to the penul¬ 
timate articulation. 
The fur is long and full, not quite so soft as in S. aquations. Above, it is of a dark ashy 
plumbeous from the roots, glossed with ashy brown. Beneath, this latter tinge is more decided, 
and extends more towards the roots ; towards the chin there is infused a slight tinge of reddish- 
brown. The hands are nearly naked above, probably flesh colored in life, with a few scattered 
whitish hairs; the upper surfaces of the hind feet are brownish. The claws are whitish, with 
a subterminal dark spot (at the end of the bone). The hairs on the sides and extremity of the 
tail are tipped with silvery. 
In another specimen from Cleveland, presented by Professor Kirtland, the tail is almost 
entirely white ; and the fur is whitish in spots or patches, distributed irregularly over the body. 
The specimen described is very old, as shown by the greatly'worn teeth. 
