SOREX S5 



the side thus noticeably different from that of first upper 

 unicusisid. Second unicuspid, together with other mandibular 

 teeth, essentially as in S. aranem. Maxillary cheek-teeth as in 

 S. araneus, except that hypocones are less developed, that on 

 large premolar obsolete. 



Bemarks. — Sorex minutus is at once distinguishable from 

 S. araneus by its smaller size and relatively longer tail, as well 

 as by the more technical characters of the skull and teeth. 

 Immature individuals of araneus might sometimes be mistaken 

 for minutus, but their larger feet will serve to indicate their 

 identity ; while if the skull and teeth can be examined, a positive 

 identification is easily obtained. 



Sorex minutus minutus Linnaeus. 



1766. [Sorex] mimUus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 12th ed., p. 73 (Siberia). 

 1769. Swcx injgmxus Laxmann, Sibirische Briefe, p. 72 (Barnaul, Tomsk, 



Siberia). 

 1789. [6'orea-] exilis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 13th ed., p. 115 (Yenesei River, 



Siberia). 

 1806. Soi'ex canaliculatus Ljungh, Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Nya Handl., 



XXV3I, p. ,263 (Lommaryd Vicarage, northern Vedbo district, 



Jornkoping, Sweden). 

 1811. Sorex pygtnx us Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., i, p. 134 (Ob and Yenesei 



Rivers, Siberia). 

 1811. Sorex minimus Geoffrey, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris, xvii, p. 186 



(Accidental renaming of minutus). 

 1832. Swex puviilio Wagler, Isis, p. 54 (Bavaria). 

 1838. S[orex] rusticus Jenyns, Ann. Nat. Hist., i, p. 423, August, 1838 



"(England). 

 1838. Siorex] rusticus var. S S{orex} hihernicus Jenyns, Ann. Nat. Hist., i, 



p. 423, August, 1838 (Dublin, Ireland). 

 1844. Sorex immilus Nilsson. Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Forhandl., 



Stockholm, I, p. 33, March 20, 1844 (North-eastern Skaane, 



Sweden). 

 1857. Sorex pygmmus Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 133. 

 1895. Sorex minutus Thomas, The Zoologist, 3rd ser., xix, p. 63, February, 



1895. 

 1910. Sorex minutus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 55. 



Type locaJiiij. — Vicinity of the Yenesei River, Siberia. 



Geoijraphiral distribution. — The entire European range of the 

 species, except southern Italy. 



Diagnosis. — Teeth normal in size, the molars and anterior 

 upper incisor not enlarged. 



Measurements. — .Average and extremes of thirteen specimens 

 from Grantown-on-Spey, Elgin, Scotland : head and body, 52 • 3 

 (49-55); tail, 36 (32 -5-39 -5); hind foot, 10-4 (10-11). 

 Average and extremes of eight specimens from the Isle of ^lan : 

 head and body, 59-6 (52-64); tail, 40-2 (36-43): hind foot, 

 11-1 (10-12). Average and extremes of five specimens from 

 Ariege, France: head and body, 55-8 (51-62); tail, 44*2 

 (42-46): hind foot, 11-4 (11-12). Average and extremes of 



