130 



THE OARED SHREW. 



Sorex remifer. GEOFFROY. 

 PLATE VII. ; 



Black above, blackish-grey beneath, the colours blended 

 on the sides; feet and tail ciliated with bristles; teeth 

 eight above, six below on each side ; lower anterior tooth 

 two-lobed. 



Sorex remifer, Geoffr. Ann. Mus. XVII. p. 182; Desmar. 

 Mammal. 152; Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 18; Bell, Brit. Quadr. 

 119. 



THE Oared Shrew differs from the species last de 

 scribed, in being larger, more robust, with a less atte- 

 nuated snout, and a darker colour, the lower parts 

 being blackish instead of white. The length, includ- 

 ing the tail, is five inches and a quarter. The feet are 

 proportionally stronger than those of the other 

 species, and distinctly ciliated with strong dusky 

 hairs, as is the tail beneath. That organ is quad- 

 rangular at the base, and compressed toward the 

 end. The colour of the upper parts is brownish- 

 black ; that of the lower duskj^-grey, or blackish* 



