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VERTEBRATES I MAMMALS. 



Fig. 69. 



Fig. 70. 



Star-nosed Mole, 

 end of Muzzle. 



Skull of Star-nosed Mole. 

 C. cristata, Illig. 



The Genus Condylura is distinguished by the fringe of 

 elongated caruncles encircling the end of the nose. 



The Star-nosed 

 Mole, C. cristata, 

 Illig., is about four 

 inches long to the 

 tail, which is about 

 as long as the body 

 without the head ; the color dark brownish-black. This 

 mole lives near the banks of streams, and in moist mead- 

 ows, where it digs its numerous and apparently intermi- 

 nable burrows, but, unlike the Shrew-mole, raises few 

 hills of loose earth. 



The Genus Talpa, comprising the Common European 

 Mole, T. europcea, Linn., is confined to Europe and Asia ; 

 and the Genus Chrysochloris Golden-green Moles to 

 Africa. The latter presents the only example of mam- 

 mals with splendid metallic tints like those which adorn 

 so many birds, fishes, and insects. 



The Genus Urotrichus has the muzzle prolonged into a 

 cylindrical tube, terminating in a simple naked bulb, and 

 the nostrils cylindrical and lateral. Found in Northwest- 

 ern America and in Japan. 



ACULEATA, OR HEDGEHOG FAMILY. This Family is 



characterized 

 by the back be- 

 ing covered with 

 spines or bris- 

 tles, and the tail 

 short or want- 

 ing. The spe- 

 cies all belong to 

 ^ the Old World. 



The Genus 

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Hedgehog, E. europaeus, Linn. 



Fig. 71. 



