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Clado BATES, Fr. Cuv. TupAiA, Raff. 



This is a new genus from the Indian Archipelago. The teeth 

 have much affinity with those of the Hedgehog ; their middle upper 

 incisors, however, are proportionably shorter, and the four lower 

 ones elongated ; there is also no tubercular one behind. The animal 

 is covered with hair, has a long shaggy tail, and, contrary to the 

 habits of other Insectivora, climbs trees with the agility of a Squir- 

 rel ; the pointed muzzle, however, makes the animal easily distin- 

 guishable even at a distance.(l) 



SoREX, Lin. 



The Shrews are generally small, and covered with hair. Under 

 this, and upon each flank, there is a small band of stiff, thickly 

 set setas, from between which, in the rutting season, oozes an 

 odorous fluid, the product of a peculiar gland. (2) The two middle 

 upper incisors are hooked and dentated at their base, the lower 

 ones slanting and elongated : five small teeth on each side follow the 

 first, and two only the second. There are moreover in each jaw 

 three bristled molars, and in the upper one, the last is a small tuber- 

 culous tooth. This animal lives in holes it excavates in the earth, 

 which it seldom leaves till evening, and lives on worms and insects. 

 One species only was for a long time known in France j the 



Sor. araneus, L.; Buff^. VIII, x, 1. (The Common Shrew.) 

 Grey above ; ash-coloured beneath ; tail square, and not so long 

 as the body by one-third ; teeth white j ears naked and ex- 

 posed ; common in the fields. See. This little animal has been 

 accused of producing a disease in horses by its bite ; the impu- 

 tation however is false, and arises, perhaps, from the fact, that 

 though Cats kill the Shrew, they will not eat it on account of its 

 unpleasant odour. 



Daubenton has discovered the 



Sor.fodiens, Gm. ; S. Daubentonii, Blumerib.; Buff. VIII, xi. 

 (The Water Shrew.) Rather larger than the common one ; 

 black above ; white beneath ; tail compressed at the end, and not 

 so long as the body by one-fourth ; the incisors red at the ends ; 



(1) The banxring ; Cladob.javanica, Fr. Cuv.; Tupaia javanica, Horsf. Juv.; 

 CI. tana, Fr. Cuv.; Tup. tana, Ilorsf.; Clad, ferruginca, Fr. Cuv.; Tup. ferrugi- 

 nea, Raff. The genus GrsiNUKA of Vigors and Horsfield Zoolog. Journ. Ill, pi. 8, 

 appears to approximate to Cladobates by the teeth, and to tlie Shrew by its point- 

 ed snout and scaly tail. There are five unguicvdated toes to each foot, and tolera- 

 bly stiff setre growing among woolly hairs. It can only be properly classed when 

 its anatomy is known. 



(2) See Geoff., Mem. du Mus., vol. 1, p. 299. 



