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Sp. Condylura cristata DESM., Sorex cristatus L., GUER. Iconoyr., Mammif. 

 PI. XI. bis, fig. i ; tail shorter than half the body, from North America, as 

 is also Condylura longicaudata DESM.; these animals resemble the mole 

 in mode of life and in form. Compare on this genus DESMAREST in 

 OKEN'S Isis, 1823, s. 658 663, Taf. 8. (The name Condylura is founded 

 on the fortuitous character, that the tail in dried specimens assumes a 

 knotted form occasioned by the vertebrae.) 



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Talpa L. (excl. Talpa asiatica). Incisors ~ for ~], true ca- 

 nines none, molars . , the first representing the canine (with the 



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upper placed in front of the lower) , tuberculate ~ o Nose pro- 

 duced, truncate at the point. Eyes very small. Feet pentadac- 

 tylous ; the sole of fore feet turned backwards, with toes connected, 

 claws strong. Tail short or very short. 



Sp. Talpa europcea L., SCHREB. Sdugth. Tab. 156, GUERIN Iconogr., Mam- 

 mif. PI. XI. lis. fig. i ; the mole; 5 to 6" long, tail i" ; a well-known animal 

 that lives underground, feeds on insects and earth-worms, and has a very 

 fine sense of hearing. Compare on this animal amongst others the descrip- 

 tion of DAUBENTON in BUFFON Jlist. not. Tome vni. pp. 87 100, with 

 many figures; BLASIUS Fauna der Wirbeltk., i. B. 109 114; J. F. 

 MECKEL Vergleichung der Ostcologie des Europ. Maulwurfs und des Maul- 

 wurfs vom Kap, &c. in Beitrage zur vergl. Anatomic, I. 2, 1809, s. 91 101 

 (on Chrysochloris, see above) ; F. G. J. JAKOBS Talpce europcece A natonie, 

 Jense, 1816, 8vo, cum Tab.; C. KOCH De Talpce europcece oculo, Kegio- 

 monti, 1827, 8vo. In Italy a species occurs in which the middle incisors 

 are larger than the lateral, and the eyes are not furnished with any visible 

 ocular fissure : Talpa coeca SAVI, BONAP. Fauna Ital. Fasc. n. In Japan 

 a species is found with only 6 inferior incisors ; Talpa wogura TEMJI. 

 Fauna Jap., Mamm. PI. iv. figs. 2, 3, 4, 5. 



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Vrotrichm TEMM. Incisor teeth -^ , large, conical, true canines 



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; none, spurious molars j ^ > tne ^ rst upper conical larger, the 



other upper molars, especially the second, minute. Feet pentadac- 

 tylous, with claws small, slender. Tail short, furnished with long 

 hair. 



Sp. Urotrichus talpoides TEMM. Faun. Jap., Mamm. PI. iv. figs. 6 u ; 

 GUEB. Mag. de Zool. 1842, Mammif. PI. 55 ; smaller than the mole, very 

 common in Japan ; an intermediate form between Talpa and Sorex. 



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Scalops Cuv. Incisor teeth j , the two middle upper large, 



rounded in front, the two lateral on both sides small, linear. 



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