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Definition of Parascalops
1. Noun. Brewer's moles.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Talpidae, Talpidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parascalops
Literary usage of Parascalops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"parascalops TRUE, Diagnoses of new North American mammals, p. 2. April 26, 1894.
... parascalops breweri TRUE, Science, ns, vol. 1, p.. January 25, 1895. ..."
2. The Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: A Biographic, Historic and by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads (1903)
"tail vertebrae, 27 (1TV) ; hind foot, 16.5 Genus parascalops True, Diagnoses of
... parascalops breweri True, Science (U. States) (new series), vol. r, p. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"... hairy-tailed mole, parascalops breweri. Additional localities were indicated
for pla- naria, bryozoa and hydra. During the year fifty moths were taken, ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"parascalops, 502. oa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy
projections; nostrils terminal; tail much longer than head; ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"If this distinction be accepted, the proper name of the species will be parascalops
brcu'eri (Bachman). FREDERICK W. TRUE. US NATIONAL MUSEUM. ..."