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its strong tail (the Chiysochlores have none), in the shape of its 

 incisors, and in the presence of a pouch in the female. It is 

 smaller than the European mole. Its pelage is yellowish, golden 

 at some points, and silvered at others. It has no distinct neck, 

 but the cheeks merge into the shouders. It results that the body 



Fig. 1. — The New Mammal, Notoeyctes ttphlops (slightly reduced). 



is strongly arched. The nose, the feet, and the tail only are in 

 the same plane. The nostrils are pierced through the horny 

 plate which protects the muzzle, and which is divided in two by 

 a transversal furrow. The mouth is underneath. The tongue is 

 broad and shaped like a man's tongue. 



There are no outside traces of eyes. Those organs are not 

 even indicated by a pigmentary spot visible under the skin. The 

 external ear is represented by a small roundish hole. The tail is 

 singular, having the form of a truncated cone ; is bare, ringed. 



