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mole tribe, &c. 
are smaller in proportion ; the grinders are three 
in number on each side both above and below, 
the foremost being fluted or channelled with seve- 
ral longitudinal ribs ; the two remaining ones 
plain ; the ears are rather large, and on each 
side of the upper lip are several long whiskers, 
The structure of the hind feet in this species per- 
fectly resembles that of thekanguroo, but the fore 
feet have only four toes. The female is furnished 
with an abdominal pouch for the reception of the 
young. Some of this species were imported in a 
living state from New Holland, and brought forth 
young. Its native name is ooto roo. 
MOLE TRIBE. 
The characters of this genus are a long nose ; 
the upper jaw much longer than the lower ; no 
ears ; fore feet very broad, with scarcely any ap- 
parent legs before, and small hind feet. 
There are only seven species belonging to this 
genus. 
Common mole. 
This animal, so well known in England, is, 
however, utterly a stranger in some other places, 
and particularly in Ireland. For such, therefore, 
as have never seen it, a short description will be 
necessary. And, in the first place, though some- 
what of a size betw r een the rat and the mouse, it 
no way resembles either, being an animal entirely 
of a singular kind, and perfectly unlike any other 
