MAMMALIA. 727 



apices of teeth coloured. Feet and toes protected by rigid hair. {Crosso^us 

 Wagleri, Ili/drosorex Duvern.) 



Sp. Sorex fodiens Pall., Gmel., Sorex Daubentoni Erxl., Geofpr., Sorex 

 carinatm Hermann, Buff, viii. PI. ii, Duvernot, Gu^h. Mag. de Zool. 

 1842, PI. 51 ; the water-shreto. 



b) Five intermediate teeth in upper jaw on each side; lower incisors 

 serrate ; apices of teeth coloured. {Sorex Wagl. in stricter sense.) 



Sp. Sorex vulgaris (L. previously) Blasius and Keyserl., Soi'ex tetragonurus 

 Herm., Sorex araneus L. (not Schreb.), Schreb. Sdugth. Tab. 159 B; 

 brownish grey, below ashy white, length with tail about 4.J inches, of 

 which the tail makes i^ or lA inches, the points of the teeth blood-coloured 

 brown. This little animal is very common with us. It is said that cats 

 will bite it to death, but are careful not to eat it (on account of its strong 

 smell?). 



c) Three intermediate teeth on each side (or more rarely four) in upper 

 jaw; inferior incisors quite entire; apices of teeth white {Crocidura WagJj.). 



S}). Sorex araneus Schreb., Blas. and Keyserl., Schreb. Sdugth. Tab. 160, 

 BoFF. VIII. Tab. 10, Ddvern. 1. 1. PI. 38 ; varies in size, but is usually 

 somewhat larger than Sorex vulgaris; — Sorex etruscus Savi, Nuovo Giornale 

 dei Leiierati, Pisa, 1822, No. i. c. icone, Duvernoy, Guer. 1. L PI. 54; 

 in Italy and afterwards found in Algiers also. The smallest mammal 

 known, scarcely moi-e than 2^ inches long, of which the tail makes about 

 I inch. 



n 



Solenodon Beandt. Incisors ^, two middle upper very large, 



triangular, remote by a void space from tlie small laterals; two 

 middle lower small, narrow, placed between two long conical, hol- 

 lowed on the inner smface by a deep groove ; true canines none ; 



7-7 . 3-3 . - ^ 4-4 ., 



molars - — ^ , spurious „ — ^ , conical, true v — j , with transverse 



crown. Lower jaw shorter than upper. Nose elongate, forming a 

 proboscis. Eyes minute. Ears rounded, moderate, almost naked. 

 Feet pentadactylous, with claws curved, compressed. Tail elon- 

 gate, round, somewhat naked, for the greater part scaly. 



Sp. Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, Mammal, exoticor. Bescriptiones et Icones, 

 Petropol. 183s, pp. 1—20, Tab. I. 11. (This singular animal from St. 

 Domingo is known to me only from the figure and description just cited. 

 It is 20^ inches long, of which the tail forms 9 inches. The teeth have 

 some resemblance to those of the Desman, but the second grooved incisor 

 of the lower jaw distinguishes this genus from all the others of which the 

 dental system is known hitherto.) 



1 Oken's Is'ts, 1832, s. 275 — 282. 



