140. 
MOLE, 
68. Lonc- TAILED. 
69. RapiaTED» 
Manners. 
LONG-TAILED AND RADIATED MOLE. 
HIST. QUAD, ' Genus XV. 
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Hifi. Quad, N° 352.—Lrv. Mus. 
OLE. With two. cutting teeth in each jaw, and two fharp - 
: flender canine: the grinders fmall and fharp: nofe long, the 
end radiated with fhort tendrils: fore feet not fo broad as thofe of 
the Englifh Mole, furnifhed with very long white claws: toes on the 
hind feet quite feparated: body not fo thick and full as that of 
the common fpecies: hair long, foft, and of a.rufty brown : tail co- 
vered with fhort hair. 
Length of the body four inches two-tenths; of the tail, two andi 
a half. 
Inhabits North America. Received from New York. 
Hift. Quad. N° 351.—Smellie, iv. 316.—Lev. Mus. 
OLE. With a long nofe, radiated like the former: the: 
‘4. body fhorter, and more full: hair dufky, very long, fine, and 
compact: fore feet refembling thofe of the preceding; but the toes. 
of the hind feet are clofely connected. 
Length to the tail three inches three quarters: the tail flender, 
round, and taper, one inch three-tenths long. 
- Received from New York. 
This fpecies forms. fubterraneous paffages in the fields, running in: 
various directions, and very fhallow. Their courfe may be traced. 
by: the elevation of the earth on the furface, in form of a little bank,. 
two inches high, and as broad as a man’s hand. Thefe holes are 
unable to fupport any weight, fo that walkers find it very trouble- 
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