Anatomy of the European Mole

Mole. Rostrated head, digging palms. Six upper incisors, eight lower. Canines, one larger, four smaller.

European. Mole with a shorter tail, almost no external ears.

The European mole is covered with a very soft and blackish skin. At first glance, it seems to lack a neck; in place of the anterior extremities, only misshapen hands protrude, along the edge of which it walks, with the palm turned outward. The posterior extremities seem short, but the feet are more elegantly formed than the hands.

Regarding its natural history, which has been treated accurately and copiously by others, we refrain from speaking. (2).

2. Description of the King's Cabinet by Daubenton. Vol. VIII.