SYNOPSIS OF THE 



dented oh the edges ; body thick and cylindrical ; head thick, 

 muzzle truncated ; eyes small ; i o external ears ; feet short ; 

 toes five, with digging nails ; tail very short. 



627. 1. B. Maritimus (the Const Ba.thyergus.) Whitish 

 gray ; tail flat, covered with rough hairs ; body above a foot 

 long; tail about three inches. 



Mus Maritimus, Gm. Bathyergus, III. Prod. Arctomys 

 Africana, Lamark, Voy. de Thunberg. i. 188. and ii. 475. 



Taupe du Cap, Lacaille, Journ. 2i?9. Grande Taupe du 

 Cap, Buff. Supp. t. VI. Taupe des Dunes, Allamand, 

 Supp. t. V. 24. Zand Mole, Cape Colonists. 



Icon. Buff. Supp. VI. tab. 38. Allamand, I. c. tab. 10. 

 Lamark, I. c. t. ii. pi. 1. Schreber, tab. 204, B. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



' €28. 2, B. Capensis (the Cape Bathyergus.) Brown, 

 with white round each eye and ear, and on the top of the 

 head, and end of the muzzle; about six inches long. 



Mus Capensis, Pallas, Glires, 172. 

 - Georychus, Illiger, Prod. 



Taupe du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Buff. Supp. ii. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. pi. 7. Buff\ I. c. tab. 36. Schreber, 

 204. Thunberg, t.n. pi. 2. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



M. Desmarest treats this as distinct, and not as a smaller 

 variety ; and Illiger even refers this and the last to two 

 genera. 



Raffinesque, in the Annals of Nature, describes Spalax 

 Vittata, which is yellow on the upper part, with three 

 brown longitudinal bands, and white underneath ; about 

 seven inches long, and refei*s it to this sub-genus. 



629. 3. Pedetes. Incisors, f; canines, {J§ ; cheek- 



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