. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE MOLE BAT. The clumsy, almost blmd creature, shown in the picture is the repie sentative of a peculiar deep burrowing family of Rodents. LiKe the Mole, from which it derives its name, it makes mounds at the mouth of its burrow. Its strong claws for digging and its powerful protruding gnawing teeth are shown here. {Sfalax typhlus.) The Common The best known species of the fam- MoleRator i\y jg the Common Mole Rat or Slepez. Slepez {Spalax typhlus). The head terminates in a blunt snout and is stouter than the body, while the short
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE MOLE BAT. The clumsy, almost blmd creature, shown in the picture is the repie sentative of a peculiar deep burrowing family of Rodents. LiKe the Mole, from which it derives its name, it makes mounds at the mouth of its burrow. Its strong claws for digging and its powerful protruding gnawing teeth are shown here. {Sfalax typhlus.) The Common The best known species of the fam- MoleRator i\y jg the Common Mole Rat or Slepez. Slepez {Spalax typhlus). The head terminates in a blunt snout and is stouter than the body, while the short, immobile neck is as thick as the tailless body. The short legs terminate in wide paws with strong toes armed with sharp, vigorous claws. The rudimentary the Volga and Don, Moldavia, part of Hungary and Galicia, and it also occurs in Turkey and Greece; towards Asia its range is bounded by the Ural and Caucasus, being especially frequent in the Oukraine. Like nearly all of the family, the Common Mole Rat inhabits fertile countries and lives in subterra- nean, complicated burrows, the existence of which is recognized by innumerable mounds. It is said to use its strong incisors in digging, gnawing through roots and pulverizing the earth between them. Physical Char- The movements of acteristics of the the Mole Rat are not Mole Rat. go awkward as is gen- erally believed. Among its percep- tive senses (which probably are all only slightly developed), hearing seems to be most important. It has been observed that the Mole Rat is very sensitive to noise and is mainly guided in its movements by its sense of hearing. It is said to be a cou- rageous, vicious creature, which ia case of emergency knows how to use its vigorous teeth in the most effect- ive manner. It evinces its anger very plainly, growls and snorts, grinds its teeth and snaps furiously when handled by Man. The Mole Rat feeds principally, it not exclusively, on vegetable food, and when pressed by hunger lives on the bark of
Size: 2487px × 1005px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmammals, bookyear1895
