MYGALE MUSCOVITICA. — MYGALE PYRENAICA. 45 



Mygale Muscovitica. 



Mygale Muscomtica, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 243. 



Sorex Moschafus, Pallas, Zoog. Eoss. As. vol. i. 



Myogale Moschata, Keys, und Blasius, Wirbelth. Europ. p. 58. 



Myogalea Moscovitica, Schinz, Europ. Faun. vol. i. p. 96. 



Le Desman, Buffon. 



Description. — Incisors ^ ; intermediate teeth |^ ; molars 

 ■|^ = 44. Tail shorter than the body, scaly, almost naked, 

 constricted near the root, cylindrical and swollen in the 

 middle, and compressed vertically at the extremity. Fur 

 shining, composed of two kinds of haii% one long, the other 

 close and downy like that of the beaver ; upper parts of 

 the body brown, becoming darker on the sides ; belly silvery 

 white ; some scales on the upper parts of the toes ; has a 

 strong musky odour proceeding from glands beneath the 

 tail ; some portion of the face white. 



Length of head and body, 8 inches ; tail, 6 inches 9 lines . 

 — F. M. Weighs about six ounces. 



Swims with great facility, remaining long under water, 

 with only the end of the snout, where the nostrils are 

 placed, exposed; buiTows in the banks of streams and 

 pools ; feeds on insects, worms, and especially on leeches, 

 sometimes eating the root of the water-lily. 



Is found in Southern Russia, where it is common in the 

 Volga and its tributaries, and in the Don. 



Mygale Pyrenaica. 



Mygale Pyrenaica, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 244 ; Cuv. Reg. Anim. 

 Myogale Fyrenaica, Keys. u. Blas. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 59. 

 Myogalea Pyrenaica, Schinz, Europ. Faun. vol. i. p. 26. 



Desceiption. — Incisors ^ ; canines ~- ; molars l,~ ' =44. 



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Tail longer than the body, diminishing gradually from the 

 root to the tip, cylindrical for three-fourths of its length, 



