SCALOPS, OR SHREW-MOLE.—Scolops aquaticus. 
of an ear, and the eyes are almost invisible. In size it equals the common European 
Mole, being about seven inches in total length. 
Another similar animal, the Desman of Russia, has been frequently mistaken for the 
Shrew-Mole, but can be easily distinguished at a casual glance by the greater length of 
its tail, and its superior size ; its total length being sixteen or seventeen inches. 
CAPE CHRYSOCHLORE, OR CHANGEABLE MOLE.—Chrysochloris holosericea. 
The CHRYSOCHLORE, or SHINING MOLE, or CHANGEABLE MOLE, has derived its various 
names from the very peculiar character of its fur. 
The colour of the Chrysochlore’s coat is of a character that resembles “shot” silk, or the 
peculiar changeable metallic radiance which is thrown from the feathers of many birds. 
According to the light in which the animal is viewed, the fur is in some parts of a golden or 
bronzed green, and in others of a bronzed red, these brilliant hues interchanging among 
themselves as the animal moves, or as the light falls at different angles upon the fur. The 
name Chrysochlore is derived from two Greek words, signifying oold- ereen, and is happily 
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