Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 63 
from Burma taken between 4000 and 7000 feet, 1200 miles 
away from the typical region of the Indo-Chinese indockinensis, 
have been identified as belonging to this species. It is also present 
in western Siam. 
It must be understood that the foregoing arrangement of 
Crocidura is purely a classification of convenience. Many of the 
forms will eventually be proved either identical to each other 
or representative races. In addition, no account here has been 
taken of the many races and species reported from the islands of 
the East Indies. When final order is brought into this diffi- 
cult genus all of those varied Shrews will need to be con- 
sidered. 
The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrews, Anourosorex, just fail 
to live up to their technical name, which means "tailless Shrew" ; 
the tail is present, even though only one-tenth to one-eighth of 
the length of the head and body, and practically naked. There is 
virtually no external ear. The eyes are so greatly reduced as 
not to be evident in skins. The number of teeth is reduced to 28. 
The snout is short for a Shrew. The fur of the body, extremely 
glossy and mole-like, is colored light slate with silvery reflec- 
tions. The hands and feet are white. 
There are three varieties, all living in high country: A, 
squamipes occurs in Yunnan, Szechwan, and Shensi; a weak 
race, A. s. assamensis, inhabits Burma and Assam; the third 
form, A. s. yamashinai, is found on Formosa at 5500 feet above 
sea-level. The length of head and body in A. s. assamensis is 
just under 3 inches (in squamipes, 4 inches) of the tail % inch, 
of the hind foot about % inch. The tail is reported to be 
shorter in A. squamipes. 
In Burma, A. squamipes is found from 4200 to 7700 feet 
above sea-level, in China up to 10,000 feet; in northern Siam 
it was not taken below 8000 feet, while in western Tonkin it was 
caught at about 10,000 feet. 
These Shrews are distinguished by the presence on the rump 
