MAMMALIA. 723 



Sp. Concbjhira cristata Desm., Sorcx crhtaliis L., GukR. Iconoyr., Mammlf. 

 PL XI, his, fig. 2 ; tail shorter than half the body, from North America, as 

 is also Condylura longicaudata Desm.; these animals resemble the mole 

 in mode of life and in form. Compare on this genus Desmarest in 

 Oken's his, 1823, s. 658 — 663, Taf. 8. (The name Condylura \a founded 

 on the fortuitous character, that the tail in dried specimens assumes a 

 knotted form occasioned by the vertebne.) 



Talpa L. (excl. Talpa asiatica). Incisors ^ (or p), true ca- 

 8-8 o V 0/ 



nines none, molars yZTi ' *^^^ ^^^^ representing the canine (with the 



3 — 3 



upper placed in front of the lower) , tuberculate ^ — -^ . Nose pro- 



o — o 



duced, truncate at the point. Eyes very small. Feet pentadac- 



tylous ; the sole of fore feet turned backwards, with toes connected, 



claws strong. Tail short or very short. 



Sp. Taljia europcva L., Schkeb. Sdugth. Tab. 156, Guerin Iconorjr., Mam- 

 viif. PL XI. his. fig. r ; the mole; 5 to 6" long, tail i" ; a well-known animal 

 that lives underground, feeds on insects and earth-worms, and has a very 

 fine sense of hearing. Compare on this animal amongst others the descrip- 

 tion of Daubenton in Bdffon Hist. nat. Tome viii. pp. 87 — 100, with 

 many figures; Blasids Fauna der Wirhelth., i. s. 109 — 114; J. F. 

 Meckel Vergkichimg der OsteoJogie des Europ. Maulwiirfs und des Maul- 



lourfs vom Kap, &c. in Beitrdge zur vergl. Anatomic, i. 1, 1809, s. 91 loi 



(on Clirysochloris, see above) ; F. G. J. Jakobs Talpa: europcece Anatome, 

 Jense, 18 16, 8vo, cum Tab.; C. Koch Be Talpce europcea; oculo, Eegio- 

 monti, 1827, 8vo. — In Italy a species occurs in which the middle incisors 

 are larger than the lateral, and the eyes are not furnished with any visible 

 ocular fissure : Talpa coeca Savi, Bonap. Fauna Ital. Fasc. 11. — In Japan 

 a species is found with only 6 inferior incisors ; Talpa wogura Temsi. 

 Fauna Jap., Mamm. PL iv. figs. 2, 3, 4, 5. 



2 

 Urotrichus Temm. Incisor teeth - , large, conical, true canines 



5-5 

 none, spurious molars ._. , the first upper conical larger, the 



other upper molars, especially the second, minute. Feet pentadac- 

 tylous, with claws small, slender. Tail short, furnished with long 

 hair. 



Sp. Urotrichus lalpoides Temm. Faun. Jap., Mainm. PL iv, figs, 6 11 • 



Guer. Mag. de Zool. 1842, Mammif. PL 55 ; smaller than the mole, very 

 common in Japan ; an intermediate form between Talpa and Soi-ex. 



n 



Scalo^ys Cuv. Incisor teeth j , the two middle upper large, 

 rounded in front, the two lateral on both sides small, linear, 



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