MAMMALIA. FERiE. Mole. 203 



j 



7. Gilded Mole. — 4. Talpa aurea. z. 

 Has three toes on the fore feet and five behind ; without any tail. 



Talpa afiatica, or Afiatic Mole, having no tail, with three toes on the fore feet. Syft. nat. ed. 

 Gmcl. i. p- in. n. 2. — Talpa aurea, or Golden Mole. Schreber, iii. 562. t. clvii. — Talpa aurea 

 fibirica, or Siberian Golden Mole, of a greenifh golden colour, with a tail, having three toes be«- 

 fore and four behind. Brill", quad. 206., — Talpa verlicolor, or Changeable Mole, from Siberia, 

 called Afpalax. Seba, Muf. i. j 1. t. 32. f. 4. 5. — Siberian Mole. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 350 — Gild- 

 ed Mole. Sm. Buff. viii. 238. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, according to Pallas. — The fnout is fiiorter than that of the Eu- 

 ropean fpecies, and the nofe is naked ; the body and head are about four inches long; the fur on the 

 upper parts of the body is varied with gloffy green and copper colour, having a fine fplendid appear- 

 ance, as if tiffued with green, golden, and reddiih ; the lower parts are of a cinereous brown ; the 

 fpace between the tip of the nofe and corner of the mouth is covered with pale brown hair, and a 

 broad whitifli bar points upwards along the fides of the head : In each jaw there are two fharp cut- 

 ting teeth, with a fharp tufk, contiguous to the fore-teeth on each fide of the lower jaw; on the fore 

 feet are three toes, with very large claws, that on the outer toe being exceedingly large; on each hind 

 foot five fmall toes, with fmall weak claws ; the rump is round- 

 Very much analogous to this genus, is the divifion of Murine quadrupeds, named Subterraneous, 

 (****) or Mole-rats, which are ranged under a different order, on account of their having no tutks. 



XXI. SHRE W.— 20. S R E X. 19. 



Has two long fore-teeth in the upper jaw, which are divided 

 into two points ; in the lower jaw are two or four fore-teeth, 

 the two middle ones, in the latter cafe, being iliorter than 

 the others: On each fide in both jaws are two or more 

 tuiks: The grinders are knobbed. 



The animals of this genus have in general thick clumfy bodies, and five toes on all their feet ; the 

 head refembles that of the Mole, being thick at the fore-head, much elongated, and ending in a co^ 

 nical fnout, and having very fmall eyes ; in other circumftances of general figure they refemble the 

 Murine tribe of quadrupeds. They burrow in the ground, ibme fpecies living moftly about the fides 

 of waters ; and moll of them feed on worms and infeccs. 



1. Minute Shrew. — 2. Sorex minutus. 2. 

 Has a very long fnout and no tail. Schreber, iii. 578. t. clxi. B. 



Pigmy Shrew, S. pygmaeus, having a very long fnout, five toes on all the feet, and rio tail. Lax* 

 maim, Sibir. Brief. 72.— Minute Shrew. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 343. 



C c 2 Inhabits 



