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TALPA. MOLE. 
Generic Character. 
Denies Primores insequales 
superiores sex. 
Inferiores octo. 
Laniarii unici, superiores 
majores. 
Molares superiores septem. 
Inferiores sex. 
FronUteeth in the upper jaw- 
six, unequal. 
In the lower jaw eight. 
Canine-teeth one on each side ; 
the upper ones largest. 
Grinders seven in the upper 
jaw; six in the lower. 
The genus Talpa or Mole is readily distin- 
guished by its peculiar shape, habit, or general 
appearance^ even without an examination of the 
teeth ; in which particular some species resemble 
the genus Sore.v, and were placed in that genus 
by Linnajus. 
COMMON MOLE. 
Talpa Europaea. T. nigra, cauda brevi,pedibus pentadacti/lis. 
Black Mole, with short tail and pentadactylous feet. 
Talpa caudata, pedibus pentadactylis. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 75* 
Talpa. Gesn. Quadr. 931. Aldr. dig, 449. 
Taupe. Bvf. 8, p. Si. pi. 12. and suppl. 3. p. 193. pi. 32. 
European Mole. Fennant Quadr. 1. p, 229, 
The whole form of the Mole is eminently cal- 
culated by Nature for its obscure and subterrane- 
