65 



(72-77); tail, 66-6 (6c-68) ; hind foot, 15-1 (14-S-I5-8) 

 Average and extremes of five specimens from the Riesen-ebir-e • 



ui i'lf.R^r\P'i ^''~"\' ^^^^ ^'^'^ ^•^^■'^^) ' '"^d fo^^t," 

 1* J (14 a-lo-U). ior cranial measurements see Table, p. 64. 



Spechnens examined. -Eleven (all in U.S.N.M.), from the foUowin- 

 localities m Germany: Bahienberg, Harz Mts., 2; Bodethal, Harz 

 w iVi' ^^^^^'^'^l'PP'r.HarzMts.,3; Eulengrund, Riesengebirge, Silesia 3 

 Wolfshau, Riesengebirge, Silesia, 2. 6 ^^ 'e«. '^uebid, o , 



BemarJc^— In external measurements the Alpine shrew of 

 the Harz MountaiiLs and Riesengebirge agrees with the Swiss 

 animal ; but the differences in length of skull and of tooth-rows 

 seem enough to warrant the recognition of the two forms as 

 distinct. 



Genus NEOMYS Kaup. 



1829. Keomus Kanp, Entw.-Gesch u Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, i, 

 p. 117 (boicv daiibcntomi Erxleben). 



1829. LeiccorhyncMcsK^ni,, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Thier- 

 Th!, fi'' f • I" ('^•^'•^'^' ^^«^«i"^ Geoffroy and ,S'. Icucodon Hermann • 

 p lotMatHsol).*""' '" Thomas, The Zoologist, 4th ser., n', 



1829. Hydrogalc K^n^, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt i 



p. 119 {Sorcx remifer Geof!roy). ^ J-nierweu;, i, 



1832. Crossopus Wagler, Isis, p. 275 [Sorex fodiens Schreber) 

 1835. i7y^ro.or.r Duvernoy, M6m Soc. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Strasbourg, 



II, p. 19 (&ore.i:/ofZjcws Pallas, see p. 17). ° 



1835. ^«y./»sor.,r Duvernoy, M^m. Soc. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Strasbourg 



animal).^ P^r'" " ^ ' ^^""^^ "*" ^°'''' '"''"'''"' tetragonurits 

 1838. Pinalia Gray, Proc Zool. Soc, London (1837), p. 12G, June 14, 1838 



(MS. synonym of Crossop^ts). 

 1848. Galeviijs Pomel, Archiv Sci. Phys. et Nat., Geneve, ix p 249 



November 1848 part, included £V«cfe,/4o,-,,, Duvern^y, cX'ssopus 



Wagler, and Pachyiua do Selvs-Lougchamps) ^'o.sopus 



1854. Myosidis Pomel Catal. M^.th. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire p 14 



/S.)°'' "" ''°' distinguished specifically from Nelmys 



1857. Crossopus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 119 

 1898. Neomys Thomas, Zoologist, 4th ser., ii, p. 100, March 15, 1898. 



Ti/pc species.—Sorex daubentonii Erxlehen = S. fodiens Schreber 

 (geographical distribntion.—I'ali^.iivctic region north of the 

 Mediterranean from Spain and England to the Caucasus and 

 Asia Minor, north to northern Scandinavia. 



Characters.— Uppev unicuspid teeth 4-1, their form more pre- 

 Uensory than in Sorex; dental formula : / ;'=i\ t- tj, jjih --=?, vi ?== = 30 • 

 posterior lobe of anterior upper incisor 'less 'than' lillf 'as hi-h 

 as hrst ; anterior lower incisor with one ill-defined lobe on cuttin- 

 edge near middle of tooth ; third lower molar and second lowe? 

 unicuspid as in Sorev ; points of all the teeth pigmented; fur 

 unusua ly soft and den.se, entirely concealing ears ; feet with a 

 noticeable fringe of elongated hairs at edges of soles and toes 



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