FAUNA AMERICANA, 41 



Inhabit the United States, abound in New Jer- 

 sey. 



Genus. 



Talpa, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Bodd. Cuv. Lacep. 

 Geoff. lUig. 



CHARACTEllS. 



r Incisor 6. 

 ^superior 22. < Canine 2. 



i)ental formula— Teeth 44 J > ^*^!^^' ^l' 



j C Incisor 8. 



Linferior 22. < Canine 0. 



C Molar 14. 



Superior incisors small, vertical, nearly equal 

 in height, the intermediate beinsr broader than 

 the lateral ; inferior incisors small, disposed in an 

 arch, slightly projecting. 



Canines surpassing the incisors, triangular, 

 compressed, the superior being larger than the 

 inferior, and having tAVO roots. 



The three anterior molars of the upper jaw 

 very small, placed in the most narrow portion of 

 the mouth, having nearly the same form as the 

 canines, only smaller; the fourth triquetrous at 

 its base ; crown consisting of but one point ; the 

 crown of the fifth has a cutting border with two 

 points, the posterior of Which is largest, and 

 furnished with a small spur anteriorly, present- 

 ing a small point ; the sixth is largest of all, in 

 pthei- respects similar to the fifth ; the seventh 



