Class I. 



SHREW. 



125 



Two cutting teeth in each jaw pointing forward. 

 Long flender nofe; fmall ears. 

 Five toes on each foot. 



XVI. 

 SHREW. 



Mus araneus. Shrew, Shrew 



Moufe, or Hardy Shrew. 



Rail Jyn. quad. 239. 

 Gejner quad. 747. 

 Mus araneus iupra ex fufco ru- 



fus infra albicans. Brijjoz 



quad. 126. 

 De Bujcny Tom. viii. 57. 



Tab. 10. 



Sorex araneus. S. caudacor- 

 porc longiore. Lin. Jyfi. 



74- 

 Faun. Suec. 24. 

 Mus araneus rollro produfti- 



ore. Klein quad. 58. 

 Br. Zool. 54. Syn. quad. No. 



235- 



32, 



Fetid. 



TH E length of this little animal, from the 

 end of the nofe to the origin of the tail is 

 two inches and a half: that of the tail, near one inch 

 and a half: the nofe is very long and (lender; 

 and the upper mandible is much longer than the 

 lower, befet with long but fine whifkers : the ears 

 are fhort, and rounded: the eyes are very fmall; 

 and, like thofe of the mole, almoft concealed in 

 the hair. The color of the head, and upper part 



K3 of 



Descrip. 



