84 MAMMALIA. 



their form from the lateral incisors and first molars ; muzzle 

 prolonged, moveable, and endowed with great sensibility ; no 

 external ears ; eyes very small ; toes palmated ; nails long and 

 crooked; tail scaly, compressed laterally, 



M. Moscovitica, Geoff. (Castor moschaius, Lin.) Musk Rat of Rus- 

 sia. Tail shorter than the body,, scaly, almost naked, striated at 

 its base ; fur brown above, white below. Eight inches long. In- 

 habits Southern Russia Sckreb. t. 159. 



M. Pyrenaica. Tail longer than the body, cylindrical for the greater 

 part of its length, but vertically compressed at its extremity ; fur 

 brown above and gray below. Body four inches long. Inhabits 

 the Pyrenees. Ann. Mus. xvii. pi. 4. fig. 1. 



Gen. 58. TUPAIA, Raffles. 



Incisors , canines |-j, molars J-|, 38. Body elongated ; 

 head triangular, attenuated, blunt ; eyes projecting, and ears 

 large ; tail very long ; four ventral teats ; diurnal. 



T. tana, Raffles. Head long ; muzzle pointed ; fur above reddish 

 brown, spotted with black beneath, and an oblique red line on 

 each shoulder. Inhabits Sumatra. HorsfielcTs Java, No. 3. 



T. Javanica, Raffles. Head long ; muzzle slightly pointed ; tail 

 very long; fur brown, speckled with gray above, gray below, with 

 a whitish gray oblique line on the shoulder. Inhabits Java. 

 Horsfield's Java, No. 3. 



T.jerruginea, Raffles. Muzzle slightly pointed; fur ferruginous. 

 Inhabits Java.Hors/ield's Java, No. 3. 



Gen. 59. SCALOPS, Geoff. Cuv. Soreoc, Lin. Talpa, Penn. 



Incisors f , conical teeth f , molars f f = 30. Lower in- 

 cisors conical, straight, with two very small intermediate in- 

 cisors ; first and third upper conical teeth on each side larger 

 than the second ; molars crowned with sharp tubercles ; muzzle 

 prolonged and cartilaginous ; eyes very small ; external ears 

 none ; feet short, pentadactyle, the anterior very broad ; nails 

 long, flattened, proper for digging ; tail short. 



S. Canadensis, Desm. (Sorex aquaticus, Lin. Talpafusca, Penn.) 

 A Nose much prolonged, terminated by a cartilaginous button ; feet 

 and tail of the mole ; fur gray brown. About six inches long. 

 Inhabits United States from Canada to Virginia. 



Gen 60. CHRYSOCHLORTS, Cuv. Geoff. Desm. Talpa, Lin. 



Incisors f , conical teeth f-f , molars f-f = 40. Intermediate 

 lower incisors very small ; fore-feet short, with three toes 

 armed with strong nails ; hind-feet pentadactyle ; eyes very 

 small ; no external ear ; no tail. 



C. Capensu, Desm. (Talpa Asiatica, Gmel.) Fur brown, with 



