SOEEX 43 



1869. ISorcx vulgaris] vkr. 7ugra Fatio, Faune Vert. Suisse, i, p. 127 

 (Lucerne, Switzerland). 



1900. Slorcx} vulgaris var. vel subsp. mollis Fatio, Rev. Suisse de Zool., 



VIII, p. 471 (Substitute for nigra). 



1901. Sorex araneus alticola ililler, Proc. Biol. Soc, Washington, xiv, 



p. 43, April 25, 1901 (Meiringen, Switzerland). Tj^pe in U.S. 

 National Museum. 



1905. S[orex] vulgaris crassicaudatus Fatio, Arch. Sci. Phys. et Nat.. 

 Geneve, 4th ser., xix, p. 201, February 15, 1905 (Zermatt, Switzer- 

 land). Cotypes in Geneva Museum. 



1905. Crossojjus ou Sorcx ignotus Fatio, Arch. Sci. Phys. et Nat., Geneve, 



4th ser., xix, p. 202, February 15, 1905 (Switzerland). Part: 



mandible, not skull. Type in Geneva Museum. 

 1905. Sorex araneus carpathicus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., xv, p. 506, May, 1905 (Hatszeg, Hunyad, Hungary). 



Type in British Museum. 



1910. Sorex araneus tetragonurus and S. aranezis carpathicus Trouessart, 

 Faune Mamm. d'Europe, pp. 52, 54. 



Type locality. — Strassburg, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Alp.s and neighbouring portions of 

 Germany, France and Italy ; eastward through Tirol to the 

 mountains of Transylvania. " 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Sorex araneus hergensis, but colour in 

 summer pelage not so dark, the contrast between back and 

 sides often not consj^icuous, though back is frequently blackish ; 

 pigmentation of teeth more extensive than in the northern races, 

 the hypocone of m^ and m- usually brown at tip (see tabular 

 comparison with true araneus on p. 36). 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of eight specimens 

 from the type locality : head and body, 75-8 (71-79) ; tail, 47-5 

 (45-50); hind foot, 13-5 (13 •2-14 -2). Average and extremes 

 of twenty specimens from Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland : head 

 and bod}', 73-1 (70-81); tail, 51-1 (50-55); hind foot, 13-3 

 ( 1 3-14). Measurements of an adult female from Zermatt, Valais, 

 Switzerland (in alcohol) : * head and body, 74-6 ; tail, 51 ; hmd 

 foot, 13-6. Average and extremes of three specimens from 

 Vitznau, Switzerland : f head and bodv, 67-3 (62-72); tail, 

 46-3 (44-49); hind foot, 13-2 (12 -8-13 -6). Type oi Sorex 

 araneus alticola Miller (Meiringen, Switzerland,' No. 85,930 

 U.S.N.M.) : head and body, 76 ; tail, 55 ; hind foot, 14. Average 

 and extremes of ten specimens from Meiringen, Switzerland : t 

 head and body, 74-0 (70-77); tail, 52-5 (47-57); hind foot, 

 lo'3 (13-14). Average and extremes of four specimens from 

 Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland: head and body, 76-7 (76-82): 

 tail, 48-5 (45-50): hind foot, 13-6 (13-4-13"'-8). For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 49. 



* Cotype of Sorex vtdgaris crassicaudatus Fatio. 

 t Essentially topotypes of Sorex vulgaris nigra and itwllis Fatio. 

 X Topotypes of Sorer araiieus alticola ililler and essentially topo'types 

 of Sorex vulgaris nuda Fatio. 



