36 FERJE. THE SHREW TRIBE. 



THE SHREW TRIBE. Upper front-teeth two; long, 

 and cleft at the extremities : lower front-teeth two or four, the 

 intermediate ones the shortest : canine-teeth on each side in 

 both jaws two or more : grinders knobbed. So REX. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. GmeL gen. 19, i. p. 112. 



Upper front-teeth extend forward. Nose long and 

 slender. Ears small. The whole sole of the feet applied 

 to the ground in walking. W. B. 



20. THE FETID SHREW. Tail of middle length, under 

 parts of the body dirty white. Sorex araneus. Linn. 



Smaller than the common mouse. Length, from the nose to the 

 origin of the tail, about 2| inches; and of the tail 1 inch, fffight 

 three drams. Snout long and slender. Ems very small, and almost 

 concealed in the fur. Ears short and rounded. In each jaw two 

 slender front-teeth, pointing forward, and somewhat bifid at their 

 extremities. The rest of the teeth are so closely united as to appear 

 on each side like a serrated bone. Legs short ; and the under ones 

 very far back. The female has six teats. 



Colour ferruginous or dusky red above, and white beneath. Tail 

 clad with shortish dusk} hairs. W. B. 



Usually found at the bottoms of hedges. Common. 



Sorex caudd mediocri, corpore subtus albido. Sorex 

 araneus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 114. Erxleben. 

 regn. anim. gen. 14, sp. 17, p. 125. 



Sorex araneus. Fetid Shrew. Turton, i. p. 71. Kerr f 

 p. 205. 



Mus venenosus. Klein, quad. disp. p. 58. 



Mus araneus. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 178. Gesner, 

 p. 239. Ruysch, i. pa. i. p. 116. Raii. Syn. Quadr. p. 

 239. 



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