MAMMALIA. FER.^. Talpa. 69 
'^oura. A lateral flying membrane ; body dark-grey above, whitifh 
beneath ; tail long, flender, black. Long-tailed Opojfu 77 i, 
Inhibits Af&i Holland; Ids than the laft, but refembles it in 
manners and appearance. ‘ 
A lateral flying membrane; tall flat, pinnate, linear. 
Pigmy Opcjfutn. 
Inhabits Pew Holland ; fize of a raoufe. 
Body brown above, whitifh beneath; xehijkers long; tongne 
large, long, flattened ; pouch fcmilunar at the opening. 
21. TALPA. Fore-teeth unequal upper 6, 
lower 8; tujks folitary, upper larger: 
grinders upper 7, lower 6. 
Thefe live under the earth, dig cylindrical tubes, feed chiefly on 
worms : head thick, lengthened into a fnout ; eyes very fmall, 
covered; ears o; body thick; kgs fhort, fore-feet hro^d, 
large, fhorter than the hind-feet, with longer claws. 
Tail (hort ; feet 5-toed. Mole. 
2. Variegated with white foots. 
Whim. ‘ 
4- Yellow. 
5 ‘ Cinereous; fore-fect narrower. 
Inhabits all Europe, and northern parts of Afa and Africa ; 
frequents molfl meadows, hollowing and turning up the earth : 
feeds on worms and caterpillars, not on plants ; is deflroyed 
by caflor oil, but chiefly by floods ; fbmetimes efcapes into 
trees from inundations; fkin foft, filky ; brings 4 — 5 young. 
Tail half the length of the body; feet 5-toed, hind-feet 
fcaly. Long-tailed Aide. 
Inhabits North America ; 4 — 6 inches long. 
Body bright tawny ; fore-feet palmate, almoft naked, claws long ; 
nofe radiated with tendrils : fur longer. 
Tail fhort ; fore-feet 3-toed, hind-feet 4-toed. Red Mole- 
Inhabits Axnerica ; larger than T. europxa, tail thickerat the root. 
Tailo; fore-feet 3-toed. Siberian Mole. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; 4 inches long. 
Snout fhorter than T. europaca: nofe naked: body brown tend* 
ing to golden and greenifh : rump round, 
, 22. SOREX. 
Rubra. 
Afiatica, 
