SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Musaraigne Doree, Cuvier, Table Elemejit. des Anim. 



Icon. Seba, Thes. 1. tab. 52. Schreber, tab. 157. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



Obs. Seba states the habitat of this animal to be Siberia, 

 but it is now known to be an African species. 



The Red Mole of Seba, Thes. t. 52. f. 2. Gmelin, Pen- 

 nant, Sfc, and the Long-tailed Mole of Penn. Arctic Zoo- 

 logy, are thought, by the Baron Cuvier, to be proper to 

 this sub-division l but see his note on the Chrysoclore in 

 the text. 



%* Second Tribe of Insectivorous Mammalia, with se- 

 veral incisors smaller than the canine teeth, like the Qua- 

 drumana, S)'c. 



Genus VII. Talpa. 

 Incisors |, small and vertical in the upper jaw, forming 

 an arch, and a little inclining in the lower; canine -il* tri- 

 angular ; cheek teeth |^|, the three anterior in the upper, 

 and the two in the lower jaw smaller than the rest ; head 

 elongated, terminated with a sort of boutoir ; eyes very 

 small ; no external ears ; pentadactylous ; fore feet very 

 large, turned, with the lower edge trenchant ; toes united 

 to the nails, which are strong, and slightly arched ; hinder 

 feet weak. 



310. 1. T. Europcea (the Mole.) Glossy cinereous black, 

 like velvet ; tail scaly like a rat's ; limbs short. 



Talpa Europaea, L. i. 81. T. Vulgaris, Brisson. 



La Taupe, ^Mj^ow, tojn. viii. Mole, Pen. Brit. Zool. 52. 



Icon. Buffon, vni.pl. 12. 



Inhabits nearly all Europe, but not Ireland or Greece. 



There are several varieties of the Mole pointed out by 

 naturalists, as the Spotted Mole ; T, Variegata of Brisson ; 

 T. Maculata of Klein ; the Yellow Mole of Pennant ; and 

 the Albinose, or White Mole. 



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