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LONG-TAILED MOLE. 



Talpa Longicaudata. T. fusca, cauda mediocri, pedibiu pcnta- 



dactylis, postkis squamosis. 

 Brown Mole, with tail of middling length, and pentadactylous 



feet, the hinder ones scaly. 

 Long-tailed Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 232. 



THIS is of the same general form with the com- 

 mon Mole, but is of a rusty brown colour; the 

 end of the nose is radiated by a circular series of 

 longish papillse, and the tail is two inches long: 

 the claws on the fore feet resemble those of the 

 common Mole; but those of the hind feet are 

 very long and slender: the hind feet are also 

 scaly on their upper surface. This animal is a 

 native of North America. Its length from nose 

 to tail is four inches and six tenths. 



RADIATED MOLE. 



Talpa Radiata. T. atra, pedibus albis, naribus carunculatis. 

 Black Mole, with white feet, and nose radiated with papillae. 

 Radiated Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 232. 

 Sorex cristatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 73. 



THIS is somewhat smaller than the common 

 Mole, and is of a dusky or blackish colour. In 

 general form it resembles the preceding species, 

 having broad fore legs with long claws; the hind 

 legs scaly and with much weaker claws : the nose 

 long, and beset at the end with a circular series of 



