NEOMYS 65 



(72-77); tail, 66-6 (65-68); hind foot, 15-1 (14-8-15-8). 

 Average and extremes of five specimens from the Riesengebirge : 

 head and body, 73-4 (72-77); tail, 65-4 (59-68); hind foot, 

 14-9 (14 •8-15-0). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 64. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven (all in U.S.N.M.), from the following 

 localities in Germany: Bahrenberg, Harz Mts., 2; Bodethal, Harz 

 Mts.. 1 ; Mauseklippe, Harz Mts.. 3 ; Eulengrund, Riesengebirge, Silesia, 3 ; 

 Wolfshau, Riesengebirge, Silesia, 2. 



Rcraarlcs. — In external measurements the Alpine shrew of 

 the Harz Mountains 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. Keomys Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Tbierwelt, i, 



p. 117 {Sorex daubentonii Erxleben). 

 1829. Leucorhynchus Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Tbier- 

 welt, I, p. 117 {Sorex lineatus Geoffroy and S. Icucodon Hermann; 



the first chosen as type by Thomas, The Zoologist, 4th ser., ii, 



p. 102, March, 1898). 

 1829. Hydrogale Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Tbierwelt, i, 



p. 119 {Sorex remifer Geoffroy). 

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

 1835. Hydrosorex Duvernoy, Mem. Soc. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Strasbourg, 



II, p. 19 {Sorex fodiens Pallas, see p. l7). 

 1835. Amphisorex Duvernoy, Mem. Soc. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Strasbourg, 



II, p. 28 {hermanni = fodiens skull + Sorex araneus tetragonurus 



animal). Part. 

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



(MS. synonym of Crossopjis). 

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



November, 1848 (part, included Brachysorex Duvernoy, Crossopus 



Wagler, and Pachyura de Selys-Longchamps). 

 1854. Myosicfis Pomel, Catal. Meth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, p. 14 



(based on a fossil not distinguished specifically from Neomys 



fodiens) . 

 1857. Crossopus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 119. 

 1898. Neomys Thomas, Zoologist, 4th ser., ii, p. 100, March 15, 1893. 



Type species. — Sorex daubentonii 'Evxlehen = S. fodiens Schreber. 



Geographical distribution. — Pala^arctic region north of the 

 Mediterranean from Spain and England to the Caucasus and 

 Asia Minor, north to northern Scandinavia. 



Characters. — Upper unicuspid teeth 4-4, their form more j^re- 

 hensory than in ^S'orea;; dental formula : i^^, ("j-Ejji"" |Ei> ^"^3^3— '^^'> 

 posterior lobe of anterior upper incisor less than half as high 

 as first ; anterior lower incisor with one ill-defined lobe on cutting 

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

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

 unusually soft and dense, entirely concealing ears ; feet with a 

 noticeable fringe of elongated hairs at edges of soles and toes, 



