■202 MAMMALIA. FERjE. Mole. 



on the fnout •» the fore feet are white and fmall, but broad, with five toes; the hind legs fcaly ; the 

 tail is {lender, round, and taper ; it has only four fore-teeth in the lower jaw, and four tufks in each 

 jaw. This animal forms fubterraneous paflages in various directions, through uncultivated fields, 

 raifing ridges over them, about two inches high, and four in breadth; it feeds on roots, and has great 

 ftrength in its legs. This fpecies is placed in the Mole genus on the authority of Mr Pennant, and 

 from its having the manners of that tribe, though, in the Syftema Naturae, it is ranked with the 

 Shrew, on account of the number of its teeth. 



4°7 4. Long-tailed Mole. — 2. Talpa longicandata. 3. 



Has five toes on each foot ; the tail is about half the length of the body ; and the nofe 

 is furrounded with radiated tendrils. Erxleb. mam. 118. 



Long-tailed Mole Penn. hift. of quad. n. 352. pi., xlviii. fig. 2. Arc!, zool. n. 68. 



Inhabits North America. — This fpecies is from four to fix inches long, and the tail two, fometimes 

 three : The fur on the head and body is long, foft, and of a rufty brown colour, but fhort on the 

 tail ; the fore feet are broad, naked, and palmated with ftrong fhort claws ; the hind feet are fcaly, 

 with a few fhort hairs, and have long {lender claws. 



408 5. Brown Mole. — Taipei fufca. 



Has five toes on each foot ; the tail fhort ; with two fore-teeth in the upper, and four 

 in the lower j iw. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 355.. Lev. Muf. Ar£t. zool. n. 70. 



Sorex aquaticus, or Aquatic Shrew, with palmated feet, the feet and tail being fhort and white. 

 Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. p. 112. n. 3. Schreber, iii. 566. t. clviii.— Talpa virginiana nigra, or Black 

 Virginian Mole. Seba, Muf. i. 51. t. 32. f. 3. Kalm, It. 



Inhabits North America. — The head and body are about five and a half inches long, and the tail 

 is rather lefs than an inch : The nofe is flender, the upper jaw being much longer than the lower \. 

 of the four lower fore-teeth the two in the middle are very fmall ; it has no tufks ; the fore feet are 

 very broad, and the hind feet fmall ; the fur is very foft and glofly, of a brown colour at the ends, 

 and deep grey at the roots ; the feet and tail are white. 



This and the Crefted fpecies, though placed in the Syftema Naturae among the Shrews, have the 

 manners and figure of the Mole, and are therefore reftored to this genus on the authority of Mr Pen- 

 nant. — T. 



409 \. &. Red Mole. — 3. Talpa rubra. 4. 



Has three toes on the fore feet, and four behind ; with a fhort tail. Erxleb. mam. 1 19. 



Talpa americana rufa, or Red American Mole, of a pale cinereous red colour, having three toes 

 before, and four behind ; and provided with a tail. BrifT. quad. 206. Seba, Muf. i. 51. t. 32. f. 2. 

 Penn. hift. -of 'quad. n. 354. 



Inhabits America. — In the form of its body this animal refembles the common fpecies, but is fome- 

 -tyhat larger, and the root of the^.tail is thicker. 



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