Cooper Shrew 



1093 



And in so doing it is difficult to give them overvalue. The 

 heedless crushing of one of these wonderful little caskets of 

 information shocks the naturalist with much the same feeling 

 as that an art connoisseur might experience on seeing some 

 imbecile destroy a Rembrandt etching or a Tanagra figurine. 



3. Aticrasorcx hcyi. 4- Neosorcx pahistris. 



Fig. 251 — Teeth of the Longtailed Shrews found in Manitoba. (Magnified about 10 diameters.) 

 [Cuts from Merriara's Synopsis of Sorex, N. A. Fauna, No. 10, Biological Survey. U. S. Department of Agriculture 



The genus Siorex (Linn., 1758) is further characterized by 

 very small size, dull gray or brown colours, and long tail, that is, 

 over half the length of the head and body. 



The dental formula is: 



4-4 I -I 2-2 , ■i-'i 



Inc. ■ ; can. ; prem. ; mol. 



2-2 0-0 i-i -Jr3) 



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