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CARNIVOKA, 
the only one yet known ; and from the moles, in 
which its first describer, BufFon, and Pennant^ and 
others, have placed it. Its peculiarities, as a genus, 
will appear in the specific description. 
THE CONDYLURE, OR RADIATED MOLE OF PENNANT* 
LA TAUPE DU CANADA. (BuffoU.) 
Sorex Cristatus, L. 
Delafaille first figured and described this very 
curious little animal, under the name of the Canadian 
mole (la taupe du Canada). Its general construction 
and habits, so far as they are known, assimilate it to 
the moles ; but Linn^us, willing apparently to ar- 
range it after the character of the teeth, and not of 
the exterior and more general appearance, called it 
a shrew, under the name of sorex cristatus. Pro- 
fessor Illiger, in his Prodromus, separates it into a 
distinct genus (the condylure), founded on a pecu- 
liarity of the tail, the articulations of the vertebras of 
which are said to be more apparent than in most 
other animals'^. Cuvier assures us, from inspection 
of the teeth, that this animal is a true mole, and not 
a shrew ; and, lastly, Desmarest has given a precise 
account of these organs, which certainly separate it 
Koy^uXof; a knuckle, and a tail. 
