INSECTIVORA. 



1001 



Fig. 45 1 . Erinaceus. 



Fig. 450. Chrysochloris. 



Fig. 452. Tupaia. 



1 2 



obtuse, and strong, separated by a considerable 

 interval from its fellow, and convergent with 

 it. The others are small and resemble false 

 molares. In Tupaia (fg. 452) these teeth 

 are two on each side, distant from each other, 

 and from the first false molar. The inferior 

 incisores also vary greatly in their form and 

 number. In Scalops there are two, the first 

 small, the second larger and resembling in form 

 a canine tooth. In Condytura there are two, 

 rounded in front, flattened behind. In Tulpa 

 there are four similar to those of the upper jaw, 

 and in Sorex there is one only of a very pecu- 

 liar form : it is very long from the anterior to 

 the posterior part, somewhat hooked, pointed, 

 and, in_ some species, the edge is notched or 



trifid. There are no true canines, according to 

 the opinion of Frederick Cuvier, in any of 

 these animals, excepting Candy tura, Tulpa t 

 (in which they exist in the upper jaw only) 

 Centenes, and Tvpaia. The first tooth be- 

 yond the incisores, considered by Fred. Cuvier 

 as the first false molar in the lower jaw in the 

 mole, is by Baron Cuvier termed the canine. In 

 Centenes these teeth are of the normal form ; 

 and in fact the general arrrangement of the 

 teeth in this genus indicates a marked approach 

 towards the Carnivora. In Condytura the su- 

 perior canine is strong and large ; the inferior 

 merely rudimentary. 



The molares, as in the other Zoophaga, are 

 divided into false and true. Those of the 



