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VERTEBRATA. 



Tin; DESMAH OP THE PYRENEES. 



THE DESMANS: MYGALE. 

 This family resemble the shrews, but live in the water, and are larger, and use the tail as a 

 sort of oar. On account of the o<lor they diffuse from the glands in the tail, they are called 



Tin; El SSI Ul DESHAX. 



Musk-rats, bill liny must not be confounds! with the Mush-rat or Ondatra of the United States, 

 which we shall hereafter describe. The nose is prolonged into a trunk, somewhat flattened; the 



