Mole Rat Gallery

Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis, and Podolsk

Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis, and Podolsk mole rat, Spalax zemni. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Madame Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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After having a glass of sugar water, the famous orator comes down the platform'

XIR442030 After having a glass of sugar water, the famous orator comes down the platform, illustration from Scenes de la Vie Privee et Publique des Animaux (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: apres avoir accepte un verre d'eau sucree, l'illustre orateur descend de la tribune';); French, out of copyright

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European Mole Rat, eastern and southern Europe

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European Mole Rat, eastern and southern Europe.
A pest in agricultural areas, but populations fragmented and now declining. Digs with its teeth.
Spalax leucodoon
Pat Morris
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