. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. CAPE CHRYSOCHLORE, OR CHANGEABLE MOLE. 843 manner as to present a sharp point to the earth when the creature exercises them in the act for which they were intended. The hinder feet and legs are extremely small, and the tail is but short. There is no apparent outward vestige of an ear, and the eyes are almost invisible. In size it equals the common European Mole, being about seven inches in total length. Another similar animal, the Desman of Russia, has been frequently mistaken for the Sh
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. CAPE CHRYSOCHLORE, OR CHANGEABLE MOLE. 843 manner as to present a sharp point to the earth when the creature exercises them in the act for which they were intended. The hinder feet and legs are extremely small, and the tail is but short. There is no apparent outward vestige of an ear, and the eyes are almost invisible. In size it equals the common European Mole, being about seven inches in total length. Another similar animal, the Desman of Russia, has been frequently mistaken for the Shrew-Mole, but it can be easily distinguished at a casual glance by the greater length of its tail and its superior size ; its total length being sixteen or seventeen inches. The Ciirtsochlore, or Shining Mole, or Changeable Mole, has derived its various names from the very peculiar character of its fur. The color of the Chrysochlore's coat is of a character that resembles '' shot'' silk, or the peculiar changeable metallic radiance which is thrown from the feathers of many birds. According to the light in which the animal is viewed, the fur is in some parts of a golden or bronzed green, and in others of a bronzed red, these brilliant hues interchang- ing among themselves as the animal moves, or as the light falls at different angles upon the fur. The name Chrysochlore is derived from two Greek words, signifying gold-green, and is happily applicable to the very singular coloring of the animal. The term Jiolosericea is also Greek, and signifying "whollysilken," in reference to the lustrous surface of the hairs. Even putting aside the strange chroma- tism of the fur, the creature is a very remark- able one in many respects, and especially deserving of notice on account of its teeth and its feet. The teeth of the Changeable Mole are arranged in a very peculiar mode, being sepa- rated from each other by an interval that is equal to their thickness, so that when the jaws ar
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