2Q© MAMMALIA. FER2E. Mole. 



The Moles live entirely below ground, in cylindrical canals of their own digging, by which they 

 go from place to place in queft of worms, which are their principal food ; they likewife form circu- 

 lar nefts near the furface of the ground, under flattilh conical mounds or hills, in which they bring 

 forth and rear their young. The body is thick, with a thick head and lengthened fnout, the upper 

 jaw being much longer than the lower; they have very fhort legs, the fore ones being hardly percep- 

 tible, but are furnilhed with very broad palmated paws, and the hind feet are fmall. They have no 

 external ears, and the eyes are fo very fmall, and fo completely hid in the fur, as to make it vulgar- 

 ly believed that they have none. 



i. European Mole. — i. Talpa europaea. i. 

 Has a fhort tail, and five toes on each foot. 



Talpa caudata, or Tailed Mole, having five toes on each foot. Syft. nat. ed. xii. p. 73. Faun. 

 Suec. 23. It. Scan. 332. — Talpa. Gefn. quad. 931. Aldrov. dig. 45. Raj. quad. 236. — Taupe, 

 or Mole. Sin. BufF. iv. 309. — European Mole. Penn. hill, of quad. n. 349. Brit. zool. i. 108. 

 Arcl. zool. i. 142. A. 



Of this fpecies there are feveral varieties, but the firft, or Black Mole, is the moll: common. 



401 a. Black Mole. — Talpa eitrop. nigra. 

 The fur is uniformly black. 



Erxleb. mam. 1 14. Schreber, iii. 558. t. clvi. Sm. Buff. iv. 309. pi. lxxxvii. Penn. hift. of quad. 

 n. 349. 



402 /3. Variegated Mole. — Talpa europ. variegata. 



The fur is variegated with white fpots. Briff. quad. 205. 



Talpa maculata, or Spotted Mole, from Eaft-Friefland. Seba, Muf. i, 68. t. 41. f. 4 — Spotted 

 Mole. Edw. glean, ii. 122. t. 268. Weir's Muf. 



403 y. White Mole. — Talpa europ. alba. 



The fur is uniformly white. Briff. quad. 205. Seba, Muf. i. 51. t. 32. f. 1. Weirs Muf. 



404 S\ Grey Mole.- — Talpa europ. cinerea. 



The fur is of a cinereous colour. Hubfch, Naturf. iii. 98. 



Talpa cinerea, or Cinereous Mole, with narrow fore paws. Richter, Abhandl. iiber die phyf. 

 Befchaff. von Boehmen. Prag. & Drefd. 1786. iv. 82. • 



The anatomy of the Mole is defcribed, E- N. C. d. 1. a. 2. obf. 5 1 . and d. 2. a. i. obf. 130. — Tfs me- 

 thod of digging, Gleditfh, oper. mifccl. iii. n. 5. C. F. Paulin. de Talpa. Francof. 1689. De la Faille, 

 Naturg. des Maulwurfs. Francof. 1778. 



Inhabits 



