MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Mus. g) 
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y 3l)ove ; clorfal ftripe black ; beneath whitJfh; 
, , . . . Baraba Rat. 
n ubits the defoi ts of Baraba, near Ob and Daaria ; 3 inches 
ong, tail 1 ; feeds on farinaceous feeds. 
oval, black edged with white ; tail flender, acute ; 
rudiment of the thumb with a claw. 
'^‘^¥nus. 
2 . 
£• Eats o; iyes /mail; tail Jhort or 0 i fubterraneous. 
<Jd!y brnwn, tail Ihort j fore-teeth wedged ; ears o ; fore- 
leet 5-toed, formed for digging, Talplne Mole-rat.: 
Entirely black. ^ 
Inhabits the turfy plains of Ritffia ; forms chambers under the 
lod, hi which it depofits various bulbous nxits ; is not torpid 
>n winter; fight weak in the day ; brings 3 — 4 young; 3^- 
Inches long. 
Eofe truncate ; ryes hid in the fttr; chin white; belly and limbs 
whitifh. 
ail fhort ; fore-teeth wedged ; cars o ; fore-feet 5-toed ; 
mouth white. Cape Mole-rat. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; infefts gardens, 
stead rounded ; hair longifh, brown, tipt with yellow ; orbits 
itiid yiape of the neck white ; ears with a longitudinar’ white 
ipot ; inner toe Ihort,- 2 next long, fourth fliorter, outer very 
Ihort ; gi inches long. 
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■••ail iliort; tipper fore -teeth furrowed; earso; feet 5-toeJ; 
body above whitiih mixed with yellowiih, fides and 
belly grey- white. African Mole-rat. 
Inhabits the land hills on the coafls of the Cape of Good Hope, 
which it excavates into burrows ; feeds on bulbous roots ; 
runs. flow, digs quick, bites, is good eating; 12 — 13 inches 
Head large, noje black, flattened, wrinkled at the end ; low'er 
fore-teeth long, moveable; tail flattened, hairy, briflly at edges. 
• Tail fhort ; fore-teeth wedged ; ears o ; claws of the fore- 
feet long. ' Daurian Mole-rat - 
Iruiabits Dauria and Siberia; digs long burrows with its fiaout 
and feet, forming numerous hillocks ; fced.s on bulbous roots ; 
5 — 9 inches long. 
Tail round, blunt, naked ; body above greyifla-yellow, beneath 
pale afh ; head of fome with a white line. 
^^P^njis, 
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Typhlas, 
