Miller Five Neii* Shrews from Kuropc. 45 



Neomys fodiens minor subsp. nov. 



Type. Adult male (skin and skull) No. 101,311 United States National 

 Museum. Collected at Montrejeau, Hautes Pyrenees, France (in foot 

 hills of Pyrenees) July 8, 1899, by Robert T. Young. Original number, 

 641. 



Characters. Smaller than Crossopus fodiens from Sweden, Germany, 

 Switzerland, and Belgium, (tail 50-60 instead of 65-75, hind foot with 

 claws, 17-19 instead of 19-22), but incisor teeth noticeably larger. Color 

 not distinctive. 



Skull and teeth. While the skull is of about the same size as in true 

 Crosopus fodiens the braincase is somewhat narrower, and the rostrum 

 consequently appears more massive. Teeth similar to those of typical 

 C. fodiens in form, but anterior incisors and first and second unicuspids 

 distinctly larger. 



Measurements. External measurements of type: total length, 136; 

 head and body, 82; tail vertebrae, 50; hind foot, 17 (16). Two other 

 adult males from the type locality measure respectively: total length, 

 137 and 151; head and body, 82 and 85; tail vertebrae, 53 and 60; hind 

 foot, 18.5 (17.5) and 19 (18). 



Specimens examined. Three, all from the type locality. 



