5221 RED MOLE. 
what readily distinguishes this animal is the 
changeable colour of the hair, which is of a deep 
glossy green, with copper-coloured reflections : be- 
neath, it is of a greyish-brown. Its length is four 
inches. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
according to Mr. Pennant, and not of Siberia, as 
Seba, who seems to have been its first describer, 
supposed. 
RED MOLE. 
Talpa Rufa. T, ru/a, cauda hrem, palmis tridacti/lis, plantls te- 
tradactylis. 
Rufous Mole, with short tail, tridactylous fore feet, and tetra- 
dactylous hind feet. 
Talpa rubra Americana. Seb. i,p. ^l.t, 32./. 2. 
Red Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 233. 
This, in its general appearance, resembles the 
common Mole, but is of a pale red-brown colour, 
and has only three toes on the fore feet, the ex- 
terior claw being much larger than the other tsvo : 
the hind feet have four claws : the proportion of 
the tail is the same as in the common Mole. 
This species, as well as the preceding, was first 
described by Seba, who says it is a native of Ame- 
rica. 
