MOLE. 3 l5 
dafs of Sorex, or Shrew, on account of the dif- 
ference of the teeth j but as thefe animals poftefs 
the ftronger chara£ters of the Mole, fuch as form 
of nofe and body, fhape of feet, and even the man¬ 
ners, we think them better adapted to this genus 
than to the preceding. 
Talpa rubra ameripana, Seb. Muf. I. 51, tab. xxxii. fig. 2. 246. R ^ o,’ 
M. of cinereous red color; three toes on the fore 
feet, four on the hind : form of the body and tail 
like the Eurcpean kind. 
Inhabits America . 
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