196 MAMMALIA, 



Sxtb-Gbnus CROCIDUEA, Wagler, 1823. 



(Lateral gland,.) 



24.1. Crocidura rubrioosa. 



Crocidura (C.) rubricosa et kingiana, Anderson, Joum. As. Sue. Seng,, 

 vol. xlvi, pt. ii, 1877, pp. 280 381. 



Hab, Northern Bengal (Purniah) , and extending into the 

 Himalaya (British Sikkim), Assam, Garo Hills and Khasi Hills. 



Snout pyramidal, moderately broad, well clad, nostrils 

 rounded, divided, but not much prolonged. Ears of moderate 

 size, and sparsely clad. Limbs in their lower halves sparsely 

 elothed, also the feet, which are, however, covered with short 

 brown hairs, long over the claws, which are well developed, 

 but not much curved. Tail mouse-like, equalling the dis- 

 tance from the vent to the angle of the mouth, somewhat 

 tetragonal, not swollen at the base, ringed, covered with 

 short brown hairs, the long white hairs confined to the 

 basal third. Colour dark or reddish brown above, more rufous, 

 on the head and snout ; feet, and under surface of tail paler 

 yellowish brown ; under parts greyish brown,- with a pre- 

 vailing silvery sheen. ^ 



Length, tip of snout to vent ...... in. 3'2(r 



of tail „ 2 42 



of hind foot , 0*60 



„ tip of snout to eye „ 0-51 



„ eye to ear „ 0'22 



Height of ear „ 28 



Breadth of ear .... . . . „ 0-30 



The skull of this species is moderately elongated, with the 

 upper front incisors close together anteriorly, but not touch- 

 ing, and there is a well-defined tubercle on the inside of the 

 posterior portion of each tooth, narrow, sharp, and conical. 

 The second incisor is large and equals the latter. The 

 interior cusp on the first molar is sharply defined, but 

 wholly developed from the cingulum. There is a marked 

 tubercle on the outer margin of the lower incisor anterior 

 to the middle. 



