COMMON SHREW. 



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Genus, Sorex. (Linn.) 



Generic Character. Incisors \:\, upper ones curved, with a spur or pointed 

 cusp behind ; at their base, lower ones, horizontal in position, produced, with 

 their upper edge denticulated ; premolars sj:|, upper ones decreasing in size 

 from first to last, first lower one smaller than second ; tips of all the teeth 

 deeply stained with brown. Snout attenuated, fur short, soft, and silky ; tail 

 long ; feet formed for running. 



COMMON SHREW. 



SHREW MOUSE. 



Sorex vulgaris. (Linn.) 



Specific Character. Reddish mouse-colour above, paler beneath ; tail some- 

 what quadrangular, rather shorter than the body, not ciliated beneath. 



Sorex vulgaris, LINN. Mus. Adolph. Frid. 10, 1754. NATHUSIUS, Weigm. 



Arcliiv. I. 1838, 46. BLAS. Saugth. Deutsch. p. 129. 



NILSS. Skand. Faun. p. 75. 

 ,, tetragonurus, HERM. Obs. Zool. 48, 1780. JENYNS, Mag. Zool. Bot. II. 



p. 24, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1838, p. 417, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. 1841, v. 7, p. 261. 

 ,, araneus, BELL, Brit. Quad. p. 109. MA.CG. Brit. Quad. p. 123. 



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