Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10) / Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

by comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon

I received from M. Sonnerat the skin of what he calls the Mole of the Cape of Good Hope ([fig. 83.]) which bears a near resemblance to the common moles, excepting the fore-feet and the head, which is much larger, and has a snout somewhat like the Guinea Pig. Its hair is dark brown, with yellow tips, which gives it a bright shade, and its tail is covered with long hairs of a yellowish white. Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that it cannot be considered as a simple variety, but that it is a different species.

Engraved for Barr’s Buffon.

FIG. 82. Mole. FIG. 83. Cape Mole.

Bats.

FIG. 86. Common Bat.
FIG. 84. Long Ear’d. FIG. 85. Pipistiell.