NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



blind to the overwhelming greater good which they 

 are accomplishing. 



The Golden Moles, which only inhabit South 

 and East Africa, are so very different from the 

 true Moles that they are placed in another family 

 {Chrysochloridce). In general appearance they are 

 like European Moles, but when closely observed it 

 will be noticed their bodies are shorter and thicker, 

 with a blunter snout and deeper head. The true 

 Moles {Talpidce) of Europe, moreover, have short 

 tails, but the Golden Moles of South Africa have 

 no visible tail. 



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