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ing two sharp tubercles on the internal side, and 

 grooved obliquely into furrows on the external 

 side ; a spur on the internal base of these teeth ; 

 the most anterior being the smallest, increasing 

 to the last, which is smaller than the third ; infe- 

 rior true molars three on each side, presenting 

 like the superior, two folds of enamel ; the dispo- 

 sition of these folds being inverse, the points in 

 place of being internal are external. 



Snout very much elongated, sometimes furnish- 

 ed with a membranous crest, disposed in form of 

 a star around the opening of the nostrils. 



No external ears ; eyes extremely small ; ante- 

 rior feet short, broad, five toes furnished with 

 strong nails proper for digging; posterior feet 

 slender, five-toed. 



Tail moderately long; body clumsy, covered 

 with very fine soft and short hair, perpendicular 

 to the skin. 



Habit. Analogous to the mole. 



Inhabit North America. 



Species. 



1. Condylura cristata, Desm. Mamma. (Encycl. 

 pi. suppl. 4. fig. 7.) Taupe dii Canada. Dela- 

 faille, Essay sur I'hist. Nat. de la taupe, figd. 1767. 

 Buffon, hist. Nat. t. 6. pi. 37. 



Sorex cristatus, Linn. Erxleb. Gmel. Bodd. 



Radiated Mole, Penn. Syn. Quad. p. 313, n. 

 243, tab. 28, fig. 1. Desm. Note sur le' genre 



