MAMMALIA, GORES, Mole- Rats. 247 



Cape Hamfter. Kolb. Vorgj d. gut. Hofn. 158. — Mole of the Cape of Good Hope. Sm. Buff. 

 iv. 3x5. pi. lxxxviii.— •Cape Mole-Rat. Penn. hift. of qua. 1 , n. 334. pi. xlvii. f. 3. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — This fpecies infefts the gardens : It is about five inches and a 

 half long, having a round head, thick neck, and blunt fnout ; the hair of the body is pretty long, of 

 a dark brown colour, tipt with yellow ; the whole region of the mouth and nofe, the circumference 

 of the eyes, a longitudinal fpot on each car, and on the nape of the neck, are white ; the lower parts 

 of the body and limbs are pale ; and the fhort tail, or flump, is covered with long yellowilh white 

 hairs; the inner toe of each fore foot is very fhort, the two next are very long, the fourth fhortcr, 

 and the outer toe is very fhort. 



3. African Mole- Rat. —40. M. Myotalpa maritima. 40. 



Of a pale brownifh afh colour mixed with yellowifh on the upper parts, the fides and 

 under parts paler : Has a very fhort tail, and no external ears ; and all the feet have 

 five toes. Schreber, iv. 715. t. cciv. B. 



Zand-moll. Mafon, Phil. Tranf. lxvi. P. i. 304. — Cape Mole. La Guile journ. 299 Taupe' 



des dunes, or Mole of the fand hills. Allamand's ed. of Buff. fupL v. 24. t. x — African Mole- 

 Rat. Penn. hift. of quad. 11. 333. 



Inhabits the fand hills adjacent to the fea at the Cape of Good Hope. — This fpecies refembles the 

 former, but is much larger, meafuring twelve or thirteen inches long, and the head is more lengthen- 

 ed ; it forms burrows in the fand, like thofe of Rabbits, which it digs with furprifing celerity ; it 

 runs flowly, is very fierce, and bites feverely ; it feeds chiefly on the roots of Ixiae, Antholyzae, 

 Gladioli, and Irides. The head is large, with a black nofe, flattened and wrinkled at the end ; the 

 eyes are fmall, and almoft hid in the fur ; the lower fore-teeth are long, and it is faid the animal 

 pofleffes the power of moving them farther out at pleafure; the forefeet have four toes with very 

 long claws, and a diftinct thumb with a fhort claw, the foles being naked and provided with two large 

 tubercles; the hind feet are large, very long, and naked, having five toes with fliort claws, and is 

 refted on as far as the heel ; the tail is flattened, covered on its upper and under furfaces with fhort 

 hair, and fringed at the edges with very long briftles horizontally difpofed. Is reckoned good eating. 



4. Daurian Mole-Rat. — 41. M. Myotalpa Afpalax. 41. 



Of a dirty yellow afh colour on the upper parts, and whitifh afh on the lower : Has a 

 very fhort tail, and no external ears ; the feet have each five toes, the claws of the 

 fore feet being very long. Pallas, Glir. 76. and 165. t. x. and It. iii. 692. Schreber, iv. 716. 

 t. ccv. 



Mus myofpalax. Laxmann, Sibir. brief. 75. A£L St ockh. 1773,— Daurian Mole-Rat. Penn. 

 hift. of quad. n. 332. pi. xlvii. f. 2. 



Inhabits Dauria, and in Siberia beyond the Irtifli between the Alei and Tfcharyfch rivers This 



animal digs very long burrows in the black turfy foil or firm fand, throwing up numerous hillocks, 

 which extend over a confiderable furface; it works both with its feet and nofe, and fometimes with 



its 



