CROCIDURA 101 



Crocidura eussula russula Hermann. 



1777. Sorex araneus Schreber, Saugthiere, iii, p. 573 (not of LiniiEeus, 1758). 

 1780. Sorex rassulus Hermann in Zinimermanu, Geogr. Gesch., ii, p. 382 



(vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). 

 1780. ?? Sorex constrictus Hermann in Zimmermann, Geogr. Gescb., ii, 



p. 383 (vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). Based on yomig in nest. 



1792. ?? Sorex unicolor Kerr, Auim. Kingd., p. 208 (Strassburg, Germany. 



Based on Pennant's account of Sorex constrictus). 



1793. Sorex musaraneus Cuvier, Tabl. 15lem. de I'Hist. Nat. des Anim., 



p. 109 (France). 



1800. ?? Sorex leucurus Sbaw, Gen. Zool., i, pt. 2, p. 538 (Strassburg, 



Germany. Based on Scbreber, pi. clixc, S. constrictus Hermann). 



1801. S[prcx'\ a\_raneHs'] cincrcus Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgescb. Deutscb- 



lands, I, 2iid ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Tbiiringen, Germany). 

 ISOl. S[orcx\ a[raiieu,s'] candiclus'Bechstem,Geraeinn. Naturgescb. Deutscb- 



lands, I, 2nd ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Tbiiringen, Germany). 

 1832. Sorex fimbriatus Wagler, Isis, p. 54 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Croc[^idiira\ moschata Wagler, Isis, p. 275 (Substitute for Sorex 



fimbriatus). 

 1832. Cl^rocidura] major Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Crocidura rufa Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of tbe Rbine, Germany). 

 1832. Crocidura poliogaster Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of tbe Rbine, 



Germany). 

 1832. Sorex tJwracicus Savi, Nuovo Giorn. de' Letterati, Pisa, xxiv, p. 52 



(near Pisa, Italy). 

 1839. ? Sorex inodorus de Selys-Longcbamps, Etudes de Micromamm., 



p. 34 (Savi cited as autbority, but name apparently publisbed berc 



for tbe first time as synonym of aranea. (= russula)). 

 1839. ? [Crocidura aranea?\ var. minor de S61ys-Longcbamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 35 (Silesia). 

 1839. [Crocidura arujiecC] var. albivcntris de S61ys-Longcbamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 36. (No locality given.) 

 1839. ? Crocidura- hydrunfina Costa, Fauna del Eagno di Napoli, Mamm., 



p. 6 (Otranto, Calabria, Italy). 

 1855. Sorex chrysothorax Debne, Allg. deutscbe Naturbist. Zeitung, Neue 



Folge, I, p. 241 (Wilsdurf, near Dresden, Germany). 

 1857. Crocidura araneus Blasius, Siiugetbiere, Dentscblands, p. 144. 

 1895. Crocidura russula Tbomas, Tbe Zoologist, 3rd ser., xix, p. 63, 



February, 1895. 

 1910. Crocidura russula Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 43. 



Type locality. — Vicinity of Strassburg, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Europe, from Holland and 

 central Germany to the valley of the Garonne and the coast of 

 south-eastern France (Var); Italy; Sardinia?*; Guernsey and 

 Alderney, Channel Islands. 



Diagnosis. — Size rather large (hind foot, 11 '7 to 14, condy- 

 lobasal length of skull, 19 to 20-4), and colour usually dark, 

 seldom, if ever, becoming a light drab except in rather worn 

 summer pelage. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of four specimens from 

 Oosterbeek, Guelderland, Holland: head and body, 78 (76-81) ; 

 tail, 41 (37-45); hind foot, 12-8 (12 -2-13 -9). Average and 



* I bave seen five Sardinian specimens in tbe Genoa Museum 

 resembling tbe typical form of Crocidura russula and differing widely 

 from tbe Corsican C. cyrnensis (see pp. 111-112). 



