California mammals . molars; first pairof upper incisors very large. Dental formula, I, 3—3 ; C, i—i; P, 4—4; M, 3—3X2=44. Scapanus townsendi Bachman. (For J. K. Townsend.) TOWNSEND MOLE. Very large; blackish above and below; upper unicuspid teethseparated by equal intervals; first lower incisors not much smallerthan the next pair. Length about 185 mm. ( inches) ; tail vertebrae 40(); hind foot 25 (i). Type locality, near Vancouver, Washington, The Townsend Mole inhabits the region in Washington andOregon between the Cascade Mountains and the coast range, andsouthwest to Crescent City,
California mammals . molars; first pairof upper incisors very large. Dental formula, I, 3—3 ; C, i—i; P, 4—4; M, 3—3X2=44. Scapanus townsendi Bachman. (For J. K. Townsend.) TOWNSEND MOLE. Very large; blackish above and below; upper unicuspid teethseparated by equal intervals; first lower incisors not much smallerthan the next pair. Length about 185 mm. ( inches) ; tail vertebrae 40(); hind foot 25 (i). Type locality, near Vancouver, Washington, The Townsend Mole inhabits the region in Washington andOregon between the Cascade Mountains and the coast range, andsouthwest to Crescent City, California, where specimens havebeen taken. TALPIDiE 257 Scapanus californicus Ayers. CALIFORNIA MOLE. Size medium; grayish brown or light sooty brown glossedwith silvery; upper unicuspidate teeth crowded and unequal insize; first pair of lower incisors very small, the next pair large. Length about 175 mm. ( inches); tail vertebrae 35(); hind foot 21 (.83). Type locality, San Francisco, California Mole, About two-thirds life size. Central and northern California. They ha/e not been re-ported from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys and areprobably rare there. I have seen Mole runs in nearly all themountain ranges of California, up to 5,000 feet altitude andhigher. In some parts of the mountains where the soil is of gooddepth and loose the runs are numerous. Scapanus californicus anthonyi Allen. (For A. W. Anthony.) ANTHONY MOLE. Similar to californicus, smaller and darker. Brownish slateblack with silvery reflections. Length of San DiegO County specimens about 155 mm.( inches) ; tail vertebra 34 () ; hind foot 20 (.78) ; frontfoot 21 long by 16 wide (.85x63). Female smaller. Type locality, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower Califor-nia. 258 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. Anthony Moles are found in the mountains of northernLower CaHfornia and in the mountains and valleys of southernCalifornia west of the Deserts. They are rare in the valleys nearthe
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