MOLE. 



INSECTIVORA 



115 



T ALP A DM. 



Genus, Talpa. (Linn.) 



MOLE. 



Generic diameter. Incisive teeth ^, equal, or nearly equal ; canines large, 

 triangular, compressed, with two roots ; grinders : : body almost cylin- 

 drical, covered with short, fine, soft hair ; fore-feet very broad, the palms 

 turned outwards, formed for digging ; tail short ; no external ears ; eyes 

 extremely minute. 



THE COMMON MOLE. 



MOLDWARP (Scottice MOUDIEWARP). WANT. 



Talpa Europtea. 



Specific character. Incisive teeth all equal ; eyelids open. 



Talpa Europcea, LINN. Syst. Nat. p. 73. DESMAR. Mammal, p. 160, 



sp. 250. FLEM. Brit. An. p. 18. JENYNS, Brit. Vert. 



p. 17. BONAP. Faun. Ital. BLAS. Saug. Deutsch. p. 109. 

 ,, rulgaris, BRISSON, Reg. An. p. 281, sp. 1. Is. G-. St. HILAIRE, 



Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. XVI. p. 70. 

 La Taupe, BUFFON, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 81, t. xii. 



Mole, PENNANT, Brit. Zool. I. p. 128. SHAW, Gen. Zool. I. p. 



515, t. cxvi 



A SUPERFICIAL view of the form and habits of the 

 Mole is but ill calculated to excite any desire to cultivate 



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