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CLADOBATES, Fr. Cuv. 



This is a new genus from the Indian Archipelago. The teeth have much 

 affinity with those of the Hedgehog; their middle upper incisors, however, 

 are proportionally shorter, and the four lower ones elongated; there is 

 also no tubercular one behind. The animal is covered with hair, has a 

 long shaggy tail, and, contrary to the habits of other Insectivora, climbs 

 trees with the agility of a Squirrel; the pointed muzzle, however, makes 

 the animal easily distinguishable even at a distance. 



SOREX, Lin. 



The Shrews are generally small, and covered with hair. Under this, and 

 upon each flank, there is a small band of stiff, thickly set set, from be- 

 tween which oozes an odorous fluid, the product of a peculiar gland. The 

 two middle upper incisors are hooked and dentated at their base, the lower 

 ones slanting and elongated: five small teeth on each side follow the first, 

 and two only the second. There are moreover in each jaw three bristled 

 molars, and in the upper one the last is a small tuberculous tooth. This 

 animal lives in holes it excavates in the earth, which it seldom leaves till 

 evening, and lives on worms and insects. 



Sor. araneus, L. (The Common Shrew.) Grey above; ash-coloured 

 beneath; tail square, and not so long as the body by one-third; teeth white; 

 ears naked and exposed; common in the fields, &c. There are several 

 other species, one of which (the Rat-tailed Shrew) the Egyptians were in 

 the habit of embalming. 



MYGALE, Cuv. 



The Desmans differ from the Shrews in two very small teeth placed be- 

 tween the two great lower incisors, and in their two upper incisors which 

 are flattened and triangular. Behind these incisors are six or seven small 

 teeth and four bristled molars. Their snout is drawn out into a little flexi- 

 ble proboscis, which they keep constantly in motion. Their long tail, 

 scaly and flattened on the sides, with their feet of five fingers all united by 

 membranes, evidently proclaim them to be aquatic animals. Their eyes 

 are very small, and they have no external ears. 



Sorex moschatus, L. (The Russian Muskrat) Nearly as large as a 

 Shrew; above blackish, beneath whitish; tail not so long as the body by 

 one-fourth. Southern Russia. 



CHRYSOCHLORIS, Lacep. 



Animals of this genus, like those of the preceding one, have two incisors 

 above and four below; but their grinders are long, distinct and almost all 

 shaped like triangular prisms- Their muzzle is short, broad, and recurved, 

 and their fore-feet have only three nails, of which the external, that is very 

 large, much arcuated and pointed, serves them as a powerful instrument 

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