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PLATE 



XLV. 



VARIABLE 



MOLE. 



GJENUS TALPA, LIN. SYST. 73. MOLE, PEN. SYN. QUAD. 24I. 



SIZE, 



NOSE, 



TEETH, 



FORE FEET, 

 HIND PART, 

 COLOUR, 

 PLACE 



of the figure. 



blunt. 



two cutting teeth in the upper, four in the 



lower jaw. 

 THREE CLAWS of an cnormous fize. 



FIVE SMALL TOES with WEAK CLAWS. 



variable green, purple. 



the Cape of Good Hope. 



Mr. LEE of Hammerfmith. This fpecies is 



called by linnaus, talpa asiatica. lin. 



SYST. 73. 



