MOL E. 
Long nofe : upper jaw much longer than thq lower. 
No ears. 
Fore feet very broad, with fcarce any apparent legs 
before : hind feet fmall. 
Talpa Agricola An. Subter. 493. 73. 
Gefner quad. 931. Klein quad. bo. Mullvad, Slirk. Faun. fuec. No . 
Talpa, the mole, mold-warp, or 23. Br.Zool. I. ia8. 
want. Raiijyn. quad. 236. Talpa caudata, nigricans pedibits 
Kret. Rzaczinjki Polon. 236. anticis et poiticis pentadadtylis. 
Scheer, Scheer-maufs, Maul- Brijfon quad. zoo,. 
wurf. Kramer Aujir. 314. La Taupe de Buffon, viii. 81. tab. 
Talpa Europasus. T. caudata, xii. 
pedibus pentada&ylis. Lin . fyfi. 
M. with very minute eyes, hid in the fur: long 
fnout: fix cutting teeth in the upper, eight in the 
lower jaw, and two canine in each : no external 
ears, only an orifice: fore part of the body thick 
and mufcular hind part taper : fore feet placed 
obliquely, broad, and like hands: five toes, each 
terminated by flrong claws: hind feet very fmall, 
with five toes to each : tail fhort: fldn very tough, 
fo as fcarce to be cut through: hair fhort, clofe fet, 
fofter than the fineft velvet; ufually black, feme- 
times fpotted * with white ; fometimes quite white: 
length five inches three quarters ; tail one. 
Inhabits Europe: lives under ground: burrows 
with vaft rapidity with its fore feet •, flings the earth 
back with its hind feet : has the fenfe of fmelling 
exquifite, which directs it to its food, worms, infe&s 
* Spotted Mole, Ed-w,. 268. 
X 4 and 
3 lt 
XXXIV. 
MOLE. 
241. Euro¬ 
pean. 
