Text Appearing Before Image: FOSSIL INSECT!VORA 49 Talpid^, or Moles. Living. Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. Eocene to Recent in Europe and North America. Completely subterranean; fossorial or burrowing. Incisors not pincer-like. A zygomatic arch present. Fore-limb very short and powerful, specialized for digging. A small skull of a primitive Mole, Proscalops, from the Mio- cene of Colorado is on exhibition. It is Shrew-like in several respects, showing an approach between the now distinct families of Moles and Shrews. Other fragmentary remains of Moles are shown. POTAMOGALID^. Living. Madagascar and West Africa. Aquatic animals with long eel-like tails. S0LENODONTID.E. Living. Cuba and Hayti. Centetid^. Living. Madagascar. Fossil species supposed to be related to these animals are found in the Eocene (Centetodon) and Lower Oligocene (Microp- Text Appearing After Image: FIQ. 23. MICROPTERNODUS BOREALIS A small and primitive extinct insectivore. Lower jaw, inner and outer view, twice natural size. Oligocene Epoch, Montana ternodiis) of North America. This and the following family are more primitive than any other mam^malia in the construction of their teeth.
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