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MINUTE SHREW. 



Sorcx Minutus. S. rostra longissimo, cauda nulla. IM, Sy&t, 



Nat. Gmel.p. 112. 

 Tailless Shrew, with very long snout. 

 Minute Shrew. Pennant Qvadr. 2. p. 227. 







THIS is an extremely small animal, which in- 

 habits moist places in Siberia, and makes its nest 

 of lichens and mosses under the roots of trees, 

 living on grains and seeds, &c. It is of a subfer- 

 ruginous brown colour above, and whitish below : 

 the head is large ; the snout very long and slen- 

 der, and beset with a row of long whiskers on 

 each side, reaching as far as the eyes. It has no 

 tail : the eyes are small, and the ears short and 

 naked. It is said to run swiftly, and to have a 

 a voice like that of a bat. It weighs about a 

 dram. 



PYGMY SHREW. 



Sorex Exilis. S. minimus, cauda crassissima tereti. 

 Extremely small Shrew, with very thick cylindric tail. 

 Pygmy Shrew. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 227. 



THIS is the least of all quadrupeds, weighing 

 not more than half a dram. In shape and colour 

 it resembles the common Shrew: the nose is very 

 long and slender, and the tail is slender at the 



