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JDr. Anton Krausse: 



This is an extremely small species, and lias tlie general appearance 

 of a Sorex or Shrew, having a long and slender or sharp-printed snout. 

 It is a native of Strasburg, where it was first discovered by Professor 

 Her man: its colour is a pale yellowisb or subferruginous brown, 

 wbitish beneath: the ears are short and rounded, and are covered with 

 bair. It measures two inches from nose to tail, and tbe tail is nearly 

 of similar lengtb, or rather a trifle longer." 



Die Sbawscbe Figur (Tafel 133 1. c.) erlaube ich mir hier zu 

 reproduzieren. 



Hermann, vol. I, pag. 61 : 



,,Mus pendulinus. Nobis. 



Cinereo-ater, subtus albus, cauda corporis longitudine. Similis 

 muri musculo, sed minor. Dispiciendum adhuc quo vero et genuino 

 charactere possit distingui. Differt antem omnino, vel sola vitae 

 ratione et nido." 



,,Missus Ao. reip. 3 (1795. Septembri) a Schroedero, pastore 

 Schill ersdorfiano." 



Hermann, vol. I, pag. 62/63: 



,,Mus minutus? Pall. 

 Parvulus? Nobis. 



Caput magnum, rostro obtuso, occipite prominente. Auriculae 

 pilosae, parvae, supra caput non eminentes. Color fusco-cinereus. 

 Abdomen albicans. Pedes delicatuli, carnei coloris, unguibus albis 

 minimis. In anterioribus tuberculum muticum loco pollicis, interiore 

 latere auctum alio: huic oppositum aliud in latere paturae externae. 

 Practerea tuberculum ad basin singulorum digitorum. In pedibus 

 pofterioribus pentadactylis, tuberculum paiiter ad basin singulorum 

 digitorum, ut tamen digito medio et quarto unum solummodo commune 

 sit. Supra haec duo alia tubercula, illo quod est supra pollicem paulo 

 altius locato. Haec plantarum tubercula nigricant, quum palmarum 

 sint alba. Cauda sesquipollicaris, corpore extenso brevior, sed longi- 

 tudine corporis contractu Annulos habet ultra centum quinquaginta. 

 Pellucere mihi videntur verfcebrae circiter viginti sex." 



Prope Argentoratum repertus. 



Pendulinus unterscheidet sich als cinereo-ater von soricinus und 

 parvulus; und parvulus von soricinus durch das rostrum obtusum. 



