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Subterranean or Ground-Rats, resembling Moles 

 in Habit and Manner of Li/e. 



COAST RAT. 



Mus Maritimus. M. brachyurus^ dentibus primoribus superiori- 

 bus sulcatis, auriculis nullis, pedibm pcntadactylis, corpore supra 

 albido jlavescente mixto, ad later a et sub tits ex albo rinereo. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 140. 



Pale yellowish-brown Rat, whitish beneath, with very large and 

 long naked teeth, pentadactyle feet, no external ears, and short 

 tail. 



La Grande Taupe du Cap. Buff, suppl. 6. p. 2$$. pi. 38. 



African Rat. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 217. 



OF all the subterraneous species this is the 

 largest yet discovered, being of the size of a rab- 

 bet, and measuring a foot from nose to tail, which 

 is about two inches long, flattish, and covered 

 with long bristly hair horizontally disposed on 

 each side. The colour of the animal is a cine- 

 reous brown, paler beneath : the head is large, 

 the nose black, the end somewhat flattened and 

 wrinkled : the eyes very small and hid in the fur: 

 there is no appearance of external ears, the fora- 

 mina alone being discoverable : the front-teeth 

 are very large ; the upper pair are the third of an 

 inch long, and are furrowed lengthways ; the 

 lower pair are an inch and quarter long, and na- 

 ked, or naturally exposed to view, the lip not 

 closing; over them : these lower teeth it has the 



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power of separating or divaricating at pleasure, 

 in the manner of the Kanguroo : on the fore-feet 



