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Condyltire, Journal de Phys. 1819. pi. 2. (" Star 

 nosed mole," Philadelphia Museum, No. 876.) 



Char. Essent. Nostrils surrounded b}- a circu- 

 lar membrane, in form of a star ; tail, less than 

 half the length of the body. 



Dimensions. Total length, four inches ; circum- 

 ference of the fringed disk of the snout, five lines; 

 total length of the hand, six lines ; of the foot, ten 

 lines ; of the largest nail of the fore feet, two lines 

 and a half; length of the tail, one inch eight lines: 

 distance between the eves, three lines. 



Description. Snout very much elongated, 

 wrinkled, provided with a small bone, and furnish- 

 ed at the point with a naked disk, which encloses 

 in its centre the openings of the nostrils, the bor- 

 ders of which are furnished with cartilaginous 

 points, of a rose colour, moveable, and with a gra- 

 nulated surface, twenty in number ; the two su- 

 perior intermediate ones, and the four inferior in- 

 termediate, are united at base, and placed on a 

 plane more advanced than the others ; neck not 

 distinct ; anterior feet very short, with the hands 

 very broad, naked, scaly; lower cutting surface 

 less marked than in the mole; five short toes, 

 united to the second phalanx, and furnished with 

 strong nails, straight, rather broad, linear, of dif- 

 ferent relative lengths ; hind feet proportionally 

 longer than those of the mole properly so called, 

 being one-third longer than the anterior feet, slen- 



