224 MAMMALIA. 



IXSECT-EATERS. 



Three genera of Insectivcra. or insect-eaters, have been 

 discovered in the Provinces. 



JAVANESE TUPAIA. 



The tupaia is a small animal resembling a squirrel, but 

 with a longer head. It was first discovered in Java, where 

 it is considered by the natives as a species o! squirrel 

 In dentition it resembles the hedgehog. 



The Karens describe a striped species as inhabiting 

 their forests, larger than the above. 



Tupaia javcvi'ca, Horsf. 



peg van a, Lesson. 



jb« neigjl. &>" ek^fl« (cbcofcj^i Striped.) 



MUSK SHREW. 



The musk shrew is usually called in India the musk 

 rat: but it is a very different animal from the musk rat of 

 America. We have at least two species, both of which 

 emit an offensive odour, so much so that when put together 

 with a cat in the same box, the cat will not touch them. 

 They are readily distinguished when in a house from the 

 common rat, by a peculiar shrill squeel which they fre- 

 quently utter. 



I sent Mr. Blyth a specimen of the smallest species, and 

 he wrote : "Mr. Gray identifies this minute shrew with S. 

 pusillus, S. G. Gmelin, Raise III, 499, t. 75, f. 1 , and sug- 

 gests it to be the 8. pygmaius, Pallas, 8. exilis, Gm. Sysi. 

 Nat., and 8. cacutiens v. minutus, Laxm." 

 Sorcz Peyrotettii, Guerin. 



" pygmaus, Hodgson. 



GYM NUB. A. 



Mr. Blyth says : " The genus gymnura has been 

 tained to exist in the Provinces, being probably the oppds? 

 sum of Capt. Low: if not also the marsupial adverted ti 

 by Dr. Heifer." 



Gymnura Raffle sii 9 



