Cla.ss I. 



FETID SHREW. 



153 



GENUS XVI. SHREW. 



Teeth cutting, pointing forv/ard. 



Nose long, slender. 



Ears small. 



Toes five on each foot. 



Mus araiieus. Shrew, Shrew 



Mouse, or Hardy Shrew. 



Rail syn. quad. 239- 

 Gesner quad. 747- 

 Mus araneus supra ex fusco ru- 



fus infra albicans. Brisson 



quad. 126. 

 De Buffon, Tom. viii. 57. Tah. 



10. 



Sorex araneus. S. cauda me- 32, Fetid, 



diocri, corpore subtus albi- 



do. Gm. Lin. 114. 

 Faun. Suec. 24:. , :. L-^ 



Mus araneus rostro producti- 



ore. Klein quad. 58. 

 Br. Zool. 54. Hist. quad. ii. 



No. 428. p. 224. Arct. 



Zool. i. l6l. 



Brit. Llygoden goch, Chwist- 



len, Llyg 

 Fren. La Musaraigne 

 Ital. Toporango 

 Span. Murganho ...j-- ' . 



Port. 



Germ. Spitzmause, Zissmuss, 



IVIuger 

 Swed. Nabbmus 

 Dan. Nffibmuus, Muuse- 



skier. 



X HE length of this little animal, from the end Des 

 of the nose to the origin of the tail, is two inches 

 and a half; that of the tail, near one inch and a 

 half: the nose is very long and slender, and the 

 upper part is much longer than the lower, beset 

 with long but fine whiskers ; the ears are short, 

 and rounded ; the eyes are very small, and, 



CRIP- 

 TION. 



