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INSECTIVORA 



1. St. Gothard, Uri, Swit- Purchased (Brandt). 46. 2. 13. 14. 

 zerland. 

 1 al. Vallombrosa, Florence, Dr. G. Cecconi (p.) 1. 8. 2. 4. 

 Italy. 



Sorex minutus lucanius Miller. 



1909. Sorex minutus lucanius Miller, Anrj. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



in, p. 417, May, 1909. Type in British Museum. 



1910. Sorex minutus lucanius Trouessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe, p. 55. 



Type locality. — Monte Sirino, Lagonegro, Italy. 



Geographical distribution. — At present known from the type 

 locality only. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Sorex minutus minutus, but with molars 

 and anterior upper incisor noticeably enlarged 



Teeth. — As compared with specimens of Sorex minutus minutus 

 from a wide range of European localities and also with specimens 

 from Scalipa and Sumela, Asia Minor, the type of S. minutus 

 lucanius is at once recognizable by its enlarged teeth The actual 

 size is so small that it is impossible" to express the differences by 

 measurements, but to the eye the greater area of the molar 

 crowns and the larger more projecting anterior upper incisor 

 and more robust unicuspids and anterior lower incisor are at 

 once apparent. 



Measurements. — Tail, 42; hind foot, 10 • 4. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 59. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



1. Monte Sirino, Lagonegro, O. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 5. 



S. Italy. (A. Robert.) {Type of subspecies.) 



SOREX ALPINUS Schinz. 

 (Synonymy under subspecies.) 



Geographical distribution. — Pyrenees, Alps, Harz Mountains, 

 JRiesengebirge and Carpathians. 



Diagnosis. — Size essentially as in Sorex araneus (head and 

 body usually 65 to 70 mm.), but tail about equal to head and 

 body ; colour uniform dark slaty grey, the underparts nearly as 

 dark as back ; basal lobe of anterior upper incisor sub-terete, the 

 length of its base about half that of anterior lobe. 



External characters. — Except for the dark, slaty colour, and 

 the much greater relative and actual length of the tail, Sorex 

 alpinus does not differ markedly from Sorex araneus in general 

 external characters. The fur of the back varies from 5 mm. to 

 8 mm. in depth according to season, and the tail may either be 

 well covered with closely appressed hairs and provided with a 

 pencil 4 to 5 mm. long, or practically naked at tip and very 



