BLARINA PYRRIIONOTA. 167 
NOTE XII. 
DESCRIPTION OF A SHREW FROM SURINAM 
BY 
Dr. F. A. JENTINK. 
March 1910. 
In my “Catalogue systématique des Mammifères, T. XII, 
1888, p. 181” 1 recorded a small shrew from Surinam 
under the specifie title pyrrhonota; till now the animal 
waits for a description. It seems that Shrews are very 
rare animals in Surinam, as I nowhere could hunt out 
another mentioned specimen; as far as I am aware the only 
Surinam-shrew has been exhibited by Lin. Gmelin, T.I, 
1789, p. 114, under the name Sorex surinamensis. It is a 
pity that the history of our specimen is entirely unknown 
and the locality Surinam so very vague; this may be as 
it is, the shrew however differs from all hitherto described 
species, and | will describe it now under the well appro- 
priate. name bestowed upon it in 1888: 
Blarina pyrrhonota Jentink. 
4—4 1—1 2—2 3—-3 
per NT Gey Se eee 38 
Upper jaw: 2nd and 3rd incisor on the same level with 
the posterior cusp of the anterior incisor ; 4th incisor 
a trifle smaller and lower; canine half the size of 
incisors 2 and 3; anterior premolar about half the 
size of the posterior incisor. 
Lower jaw: anterior incisor with three strongly developed 
cusps; second incisor on the same level with the 
premolar, the latter however broader and less pointed. 
Dentition: i — 32, 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
