MAMMALIA. FERiE. Shrew. 405 



Mufaraneus, .having the upper parts of the body black, and the belly white. Merret, pin. 167. — 

 Mufaraigne d'eau, Water Shrew, or Blind Moufe. Sin. Buff. iv. 308. pi. lxxxvi. fig. 2— Graebcr, 

 or the Digger. Pallas.— Water Shrew. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 34:. Brit. zool. illuftr. tab. cii. — 

 Sorex bicolor. Nat. mifc. pi. 55. 



Inhabits Britain, Burgundy, Germany, Pruilia, and Siberia.— Burrows in the banks of rivers and- 

 ditches in fenny countries, i'wims with great facility, and often under water ; it meafures not quite 

 four inches from nofe to rump, the tail being two ; the nofe is long and flender, broader at the ex- 

 tremity than that of the Fetid Shrew, and is furnifhed with long afh coloured whiikers ; the ears are 

 very fmall, and are garnimed within with a tuft of white hair; the eyes are very fmall and hid in the 

 fur ; the legs are longifh, and white, with white feet ; there are two fore-teeth in the lower jaw ; 

 three tufks on each fide above, and two below ; four grinders on each fide above, and three below : 

 The voice of this animal refembles the chirp of a Grafshopper. The female has ten teats, and brings 

 forth nine young ones in the fpring. 



4. Javan Shrew. — 6. Sorex murinus. 4. 



The tail is of a middle length} the body is dufky ; the legs, feet, and tail, are afh 

 coloured. 

 Murine Shrew. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 340. 



Inhabits the ifland of Java. — Is about the fize of a common Moufe; has a long flender nofe, chan- 

 nelled underneath, and garnifhed with long afh coloured whiikers; the ears are rounded, and almoiib 

 naked ; each jaw has two fharp, parallel fore-teeth ; all the feet have five toes, armed with claws ; 

 the tail is rather fhorter than the body, and lefs hairy. 



5. Fetid Shrew. — 7. Sorex araneus. 5. 



The tail is of a middle length ; the upper parts of the body are brownifh red, and the 

 under parts dirty white. Schreber, Hi. 573. t. cxl. 



Mus araneus, Mufaraneus, Shrew-moufe, Shrew, or Hardy Shrew. Raj. quad. 239. Gefn. quad. 

 747. Aldrov. dig. 441. fig. p. 442. Jonft. quad. 168. t. 66. Agric. An. Subt. 485. Klein, quad. 

 57. Kramer, Auft. 317. Briff. quad. 126. — Nabbmus. Faun. Suec. 24 Mufaraigne, or Shrew- 

 moufe. Sm. Buff. iv. 303. pi. lxxxvi. fig. 1. Brit. zool. i. 112. — Foetid Shrew. Penn. hift. of 

 quad. n. 341. 



Inhabits the whole of Europe, and the northern parts of Afia, to Kamtfchatka, and as far fouth, 

 as the Cafpian. — Lives in old walls, heaps of ftones, and holes in the earth near villages, in dung- 

 hills, hay-ricks, ftables, barns, neceffary-houfes, and other out-houfes, efpecially frequenting damp 

 places, and pools of water ; feeds on corn, infects, and almoft any filthy thing, being often obferved 

 rooting in ordure with its nofe, like a Hog ; it has a very difagreeable odour, of a mufky kind, fti 

 that, though cats deftroy great numbers of them, they never eat their bodies. This animal is about two 

 and a half inches, never exceeding three, 111 length, the tail one and a half, and the whole body 

 fcarcely exceeds three drams in weight ; it runs more flowly than the common Moufe ; the teeth re- 

 ferable thofe of the Water Shrew, already defcribed ; the voice is a fhrill whiftling : In fpring and 



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