CROCIDUEA 101 



Orociduea russula eussula Hermann. 



1777. Sorex araneus Sohreber, Saugthiere, in, p. 573 (not of Linnaeus, 1758). 

 1780. Sorex russulus Hermann in Zimmermann, Geogr. Gesch., n, p. 382 



(vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). 

 1780. 11 Sorex constrictus Hermann in Zimmermann, Geogr. Gesch., n, 



p. 383 (vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). Based on young in nest. 

 1792. 11 Sorex unicolor Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 208 (Strassburg, Germany. 



Based on Pennant's account of Sorex constrictus). 

 179S. Sorex musaraneus Ouvier, Tabl. Elem. de l'Hist. Nat. des Anim., 



p. 109 (Prance). 



1800. 11 Sorex leucurus Shaw, Gen. Zool., I, pt. 2, p. 538 (Strassburg, 



Germany. Based on Schreber, pi. clixc, S. constrictus Hermann). 



1801. S\prex'] a[raneus] cinereus Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgesch. Deutsch- 



lands, I, 2nd ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Thiiringen, Germany). 

 1801. S[orex'\ a[raneus] candidus Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgesch. Deutsch- 



lands, I, 2nd ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Thiiringen, Germany). 

 1832. Sorex fimbriatus Wagler, Isis, p. 54 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Croc[idura] moschata Wagler, Isis, p. 275 (Substitute for Sorex 



fimbriatus). 

 1832. C[rocidura] major Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Orocidura rufa Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of the Rhine, Germany). 

 1832. Crocidura poliogaster Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of the Bhine, 



Germany). 

 1832. Sorex thoracicus Savi, Nuovo Giorn. de' Letterati, Pisa, xxiv, p. 52 



(near Pisa, Italy). 

 1839. 1 Sorex inodorus de Selys-Longchamps, Etudes de Micromamm., 



p. 34 (Savi cited as authority, but name apparently published here 



for the first time as synonym of aranea( = russula)). 

 1839. ? [Crocidura aranea] var. minor de Selys-Longchamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 35 (Silesia). 

 1839. [Crocidura aranea"] var. albiventris de Selys-Longchamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 36. (No locality given.) 

 1839. ? Crocidura hydruntina Costa, Fauna del Kagno di Napoli, Mamm., 



p. 6 (Otranto, Calabria, Italy). 

 1855. Sorex chrysothorax Dehne, Allg. deutsche Naturhist. Zeitung, Neue 



Polge, I, p. 241 (Wilsdurf, near Dresden, Germany). 

 1857. Crocidura araneus Blasius, Saugethiere, Deutschlands, p. 144. 

 1895. Crocidura russula Thomas, The Zoologist, 3rd ser., xix, p. 63, 



February, 1895. 

 1910. Crocidura russula Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 43. 



Type locality. — Vicinity of Strassburg, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Europe, from Holland and 

 central Germany to the valley of the Garonne and the coast of 

 south-eastern France (Var) ; Italy ; Sardinia ? * ; Guernsey and 

 Alderney, Channel Islands. 



Diagnosis. — Size rather large (hind foot, ll - 7 to 14, condy- 

 lobasal length of skull, 19 to 20-4), and colour usually dark, 

 seldom, if ever, becoming a light drab except in rather worn 

 summer pelage. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of four specimens from 

 Oosterbeek, Guelderland, Holland : head and body, 78 (76-81) ; 

 tail. 41 (37-45); hind foot, 12-8 (12-2-13-9). Average and 



* I have seen five Sardinian specimens in the Genoa Museum 

 resembling the typical form of Crocidura russula and differing widely 

 from the Corsican C. cymensis (see pp. 111-112). 



