AFRICAN COAST-RAT. 
talpae, or Mole-Rats, are named Mures Sub- 
terranei — [Subterraneous Rats] — by Dr. Gme- 
iii; but the word Myotalpa — [Mole Rat] 
— is preferred, in this edition, as being better 
adapted for the purpose of a subgenus." 
The synonimes of Dr. Shaw are, first, his 
own Coast-Rat; secondly, the Mus Mariti- 
mus, from Gmelin's Linnsus; thirdly, La 
Grande Taupe du Cap, from Euffon's Supple- 
ment; and, lastly, the African Rat, from Pen- 
dant's History of Quadrupeds. 
Mr, Kerr's synonimes are, in our estima- 
tion, clearly preferable; and we shall there- 
fore adopt them. 
his animal, then, is the Mus Myotalpa 
itima, of Linnseus ; the Zand-Moli, of 
Masson's Travels, in the Philosophical Trans- 
ictions ; the Cape Mole, of Monsieur De la 
oaille ; La Taupe des. Dunes, or Mole of the 
Sand-Hills, of Allamand's edition of BuiFon's 
Supplement; and the African Mple-Rat, of 
Pennant, 
It 
