NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



northwards as far as Angola, indicating that it is 

 one of the species which inhabit the dry, western 

 tracts of country. It is in size about the same as 

 the preceding species, but differs in the following 

 ways : 



(i) The colour of the fur of the upper parts is 

 much Hghter than in the other species, being 

 greyish-yellow. 



(2) The under parts are white, and the line of 

 demarcation between this and the colour of the 

 back is very pronounced. 



(3) Skull and snout comparatively short. 



(4) Ears slightly pointed, with a scanty covering 

 of short hairs, which are yellow on the front part, 

 and white anteriorly. 



(5) A ring of white hairs round the eyes. 



SHORT-SNOUTED JUMPING SHREW 



(Nasilio brachyrhynchus) 



The Short-Snouted Jumping Shrew seems to be 

 generally distributed in the northern parts of South 

 Africa, for it is recorded from both east and west, 

 viz. Bechuanaland, Transvaal and Rhodesia. From 

 these districts it extends northwards and eastwards 

 to Nyassaland. This species of Jumping Shrew 

 averages 4f to 5 inches in length, not including the 

 tail, which is about the same length as the head and 

 body. It can be recognised in the following ways : 



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