. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . ir tunnels. lam II Tiil|>i4lH. HulvH. Body stout; neck a|)|)arinlls wanting, e\es muiute; ears short,concealed in the fur; nostrils superior or lateral, sometimes terminalon the snout, and in one instance surrounded by a radiating fringe;limbs short, anterior the larger; manus broad and with powerful TALPINiE. SCAPANUS. claws; tail short; tibia and tibula united; first and second lowerincisors not projected horizontally forwards; zygomatic arch present. Subfam. Talpinse. Claxiclo antl luinicrus very short and broad; manus wi
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . ir tunnels. lam II Tiil|>i4lH. HulvH. Body stout; neck a|)|)arinlls wanting, e\es muiute; ears short,concealed in the fur; nostrils superior or lateral, sometimes terminalon the snout, and in one instance surrounded by a radiating fringe;limbs short, anterior the larger; manus broad and with powerful TALPINiE. SCAPANUS. claws; tail short; tibia and tibula united; first and second lowerincisors not projected horizontally forwards; zygomatic arch present. Subfam. Talpinse. Claxiclo antl luinicrus very short and broad; manus with a largefalciform bone. 1 1 Z. Scapiiiiiis. 3—3 1- 1 4—4 3—3 ^^ Scapanus Poniel, Archiv. Sci. Phys. Nat. Ribl. Univ. Geneve, ix,184S, p. 247. Type Scalops ioivuscudi very broad, os jalcijorinc large; palms presented outward;toes without webs; muzzle long; palate but slightly exteniled beyondlast molar; Hrst iipi^er incisor large; internal basal cusps of molarsnarrow; buihe complete; nostrils superior; tail short, terete, scaly;hairs Fig. 105. Scapanus anthonyi. No. 41)47 Am. Miis. NmI. Hist. (.oil. Knlarged %. IKcMii K uiiKK muiii uow Kace loom KOW Kiilai^;oii 3 times. Enlaiiri-d 3 tiiius. 536. anthonyi {Scapanus), J. A. Allen, Hull. .\m. Mus. Nat. Hist., V, iSg^^, p. Mole. Type locality. San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California,Mexico. Altitude, 7,000 feet. I 4 SCAPANUS. 5<io Gcugr. Dislr. Known only from type locality. Genl. Char. vSnuilItT llian 5. californictis; color darker. Color. AliTif)st uniform i)lack. Mcttsurciiiciits. Length, 135; tail, 26. Skull: extreme length, 30;basilar length, ; interorbital constriction, ; greatest mastoidbreadth, ; lower jaw, incisive border to condyle,
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