192 MAMMALIA. 



238. Croeidura subfulva. 



Crocidura murina, Anderson, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xli, 1872, 



p. 223. 

 Crocidura (P.) subfulva, Anderson, Jov/rn. As. Sac. Beng. vol, xlvi, pt. 2, 



1877, p. 278. 



Hai. Kach. 



Snout rather short an^ broad : ears moderately developed, 

 rather flattened above and rounded posteriorly and sparsely 

 clad with pale-coloured hairs. Feet moderately large, and 

 tolerably well clad, with pale-coloured hairs hanging over 

 the claws, which are yellow and strong. The tail equals the 

 length of the trunk and is not swollen at the base, but it is 

 rather thick throughout and somewhat abruptly tapers to- 

 wards the point, and it is somewhat tetragonal. It is rela- 

 tively well clad with short pale hairs which hide the rings, 

 and at the point the hairs form an imperfect pencil, long 

 white hairs are intermixed. The snout, ears, feet and tail are 

 pale yellowish-brown J the tail paler on its under surface. 

 General colour of the upper sm'face pale fawn ; silvery grey 

 on the under parts. 



Tip of snout to vent, 1" 90 ; tail, l-"30 ; hind foot, 0-'42. 



Front upper incisors directed forwards and downwards, 

 posterioriportion moderately developed and sharply conical, a 

 very feeble but distinct tubercle on the inside. Second incisor 

 large, sharply pointed and nearly equalUng in length the first 

 tooth, twice as broad as the third incisor and canine. The 

 premolar is very minute and wedged in between the canine 

 and first molar, and is partially visible externally. 



Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillse . in. 0'62 



Breadth across maxillae „ 0-23 



behind infraorbital foramen „ 0'12 



„ before brain case ....... 0'20 



„ external to glenoid fossse „ 0'26 



„ „ to tympanic „ 030 



Length of upper alveolar line „ 0-83 



„ from condyle of lower jaw to anterior end of alveolar 



line . . . „ 0'36 



These are rather young shrews, but from the condition of 

 the skull of which I have given the measurements, it is ap- 

 parent that the animal does not attain to a much larger size. 

 It might be mistaken for the young of C. hidiana, or C, ru- 

 hicunda, but the teeth being complete it is evident from the 

 measurements of the upper dental line that its teeth are 

 considerably, smaller than the teeth of either of these species. 



