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TALPA. MOLE. 



Generic Character. 



Denies Primores inaequales 



superiores sex. 

 Inferiores octo. 

 Laniarii unici, superiores 



majores. 



Molares superiores septem. 

 Inferiores sex. 



Front-teeth in the upper jaw 



six, unequal. 

 In the lower jaw eight. 

 Canine-teeth one on each side ; 



the upper ones largest. 

 Grinders seven in the upper 



jawj six in the lower. 



JL HE. genus Talpa or Mole is readily distin- 

 guished by its peculiar shape, habit, or general 

 appearance, even without an examination of the 

 teeth ; in which particular some species resemble 

 the genus Sorex, and were placed in that genus 

 by Linnaeus. 



COMMON MOLE. 



Talpa Europaea. T. nigra, cauda brevi, pedibus pentadactylis. 



Black Mole, with short tail and pentadactylous feet. 



Talpa caudata, pedibus pentadactylis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 73. 



Talpa. Gesn. Quadr. 931. Aldr. dig. 449. 



Taupe. Buff. 8. p. 81. pi. 12. and suppl. 3. p. 193. pi. 32. 



European Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 229. 



THE whole form of the Mole is eminently cal- 

 culated by Nature for its obscure and subterrane- 



