CROCIDURA 111 



Measurements. — External measurements of type : head and 

 body, 63; tail, 52; hind foot, 14. For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 113. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



Bemarlcs. — The tail is actually as well as relatively longer in 

 this species than in any other European member of the genus. 



CROCIDURA CYRNENSIS Miller. 



1907. Crocidura cyrnensis IMiller, Anu. and ilag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, 



p. 390, November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Crocidura cyrnensis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 49. 



TyjK' locality. — Bastia, Corsica. 



Geographical distribution. — Corsica. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than Crocidura candata (hind foot, 12 to 

 12*4 mm.) but with tail relatively almost as long, its ratio to 

 head and body about 70. 



External characters. — Similar to C. caudata except for the 

 smaller size ; tail apparently less thickened than in the Sicilian 

 animal, its diameter at middle only about 2 mm. 



Colour. — Back and sides drab washed with a brown inter- 

 mediate between wood-brown and raw-umber, this especially 

 noticeable on posterior half of back, but scarcely extending to 

 sides, which are a nearly clear drab ', underparts a light bufFy 

 drab-grey, inconspicuously contrasted with sides ; tail dull dark 

 drab, essentially unicolor ; feet (both fore and hind) like tail on 

 outer half, rather sharply contrasted pale bufFy grey on inner 

 half. 



Skull and teeth. — While its general size and form are essentially 

 as in Crocidura russula, the skull of the Corsican shrew is 

 distinguishable by its broader, more deepened rostrum. In the 

 type the mandible is peculiar in the unusual depth of ramus, 

 though in a second specimen this character is less marked. 

 Teeth essentially as in C. russula. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type (adult male) : 

 head and body, 67 ; tail, 48 ; hind foot, 12-4. Very old female 

 from the type locality : head and body, 62 ; tail, 46 ; hind foot, 

 12 '4 ; ear, 8 '2. External measurements of well made skin from 

 La Foce de Vizzavona : head and body, 72 ; tail, 51 ; hind foot, 

 12. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 113. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from Corsica. 



Memarhs. — Crocidura cyrnensis is nearly related to C. caudata, 

 though readily distinguishable by its smaller size and less 

 thickened tail. So far as known it is the only shrew inhabiting 

 Corsica. Whether an animal of this type occurs in Sardinia 

 is a matter of doubt. Five Sardinian specimens (three from 



