Definition of Parascalops

1. Noun. Brewer's moles.

Exact synonyms: Genus Parascalops
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Talpidae, Talpidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parascalops

Paralympics
Paramaribo
Paramithia
Paramoeba
Paramphistomum
Paramythia
Paramyxoviridae
Parana
Parana River
Paranda
Paranthias
Paranthias furcifer
Paranthropus
Paraná
Parascalops (current term)
Parascalops breweri
Parascaris equorum
Parashurama
Parasitaxus
Parasitaxus ustus
Parastrongylus
Parathelypteris
Parathelypteris novae-boracensis
Parathelypteris simulata
Parazoa
Paraíba
Parcae
Parcheesi
Pardew

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. ..."

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