108 



Fam. 3. TALPIDiE. 



TALPA. 



Teeth :— Incisors || ; Canines £j ; Premolars ^ ; Molars ||; = 44. 



The Mole. Talpa europaea. 



Pander und (F Alton, Xergl. Ost. no. xii. pi. 5 (skeleton). — Spix, Cepha- 

 logenesis, tab. 7. fig. 3 (skull). — Jacobs, Opuscula Zoologiea, p. 419, 

 Talpae Europseai Anat., figs. 1-28 (skull aud skeleton). — Blainv., 

 Ost. Atl. G. Insectiv. pi. 1 (skeleton), pi. 5 (skull), pi. 10 (teeth).— 

 Owen, Odont. pi. 110. fig. 3 (dentition) ; Brit. Foss. p. 19. fig. 9, 

 1846.— Blasius, Faun. Wirb. Deutschl. p. 107. fig. 70 (skull), 1857. 

 — Martin, Nat. Hist. p. 84 (skeleton). — Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. 

 Beng. p. 2. pi. fig. 3 (skull), 1850. 



Taupe, Buff., Hist. Nat. viii. pi. 12. fig. 2 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 7 



Sacral 6 



Caudal 11 



a. Skeleton. Europe. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b, c. Skulls. Europe. 



d. Skull. England. 



e, f. Skeletons : male and female. England. From Mr. Daniel's 



Collection. 

 g h Skulls: male. S. Germany. 1 Fn)m Dr _ A Giinther , s Col _ 

 . Skull: female. Silesia. V lection _ 



j. Skeleton. S. Germany. J 



Tc. Skeleton. Near Egham, Surrey. Presented by F. Heis, Esq. 



The Short-tailed Mole. Talpa micrura. 

 Hodgson, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. p. 2. pi. fig. 2 (skull), 1850. 

 *a. Skull. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Talpa leucura. 



Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. Bung. p. 215. pi. fig. 1 (skull), 1850. 



Cervical vertebrsc 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 6 



Caudal 8 or 9 



a. Skeleton. Khasya Hills. From Mr. Bartlett's Collection. 



