Order IX. Insecflvora. 



G. E. Dobson, Monograph of the Insectivora, 1882. 



G. E. Dobson, Synopsis of ihe Soricidae, i8go. 



C. H. Merriani, Revision of the American Genera Blarina &> Notio- 



sorex, and Synopsis of the Atn. Shrews of the Genus Sorex, JV. 



Am. Faun., No. 10, i8<)5. 

 G. S. Miller, The Long-Tailed Shrews of the Eastern United States, 



N. Am. Faun., No. 10, i8gj. 



Fam. I. Soricidae. 



Skull long, narrow; no zygomata or postorbital process; tym- 

 panic not forming a bulla. Upper molar cusps with pattern like a 

 W. First upper incisor large and hook-like with basal cusp on pos- 

 terior border; no caecum; pubic arch closed; tibia and fibula united. 

 Nose long, overhanging the mouth. 



Sub. Fam. I. Soriciuae. 



Summits of teeth colored red. 



92. Sorex. 



2—2' 0-0' i-i' 3—3 J 

 Sorex. Linn. Syst. Nat., 1755, p. 53. Type, .S. araneus, Linn. 



Ear conch well developed; tail long; inner side of canines and 

 incisors without secondary cusps; brain case rather broad; mandible 

 fragile; feet without fringe. 



537. personatus. {Sorex'), Geoff. St. Hil. Mem. du Museum, Paris, 

 1827, vol. XV, 122-125. 

 fosteri, Rich. Zool. Journ., 1828, iii, p. 516. 

 cooperi, Bachm. Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, p. 388, pi. 



xxiv, fig. 7. 

 Jimbripes, Bachm. Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, p. 391, pi. 



xxiv, fig. 8. 

 leseueri, {Amphisorex), Duvern, Mag. Zool. Mamm., 1842, p. 33 



Pl- 1- 

 platyrhnchus, Linsley, Sill. Am. Journ., 1S42, p. 346, xliii. 



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