Class I. 



FETID SHREW. 



153 



GENUS XVI. SHREW. 



Teeth cutting, pointing forward. 



Nose long, slender. 



Ears small. 



Toes five on each foot. 



Mus araneus. Shrew, Shrew Sorex araneus. S. cauda me- 32. Fetid. 

 Mouse, or Hardy Shrew. diocri, corpore subtus albi- 

 can syn. quad. 23Q. do. Gm. Lin. 114. 



Gesner quad. 747. Faun. Suec. 24. 



Mus araneus supra ex fusco ru- Mus araneus rostro producti- 

 fus infra albicans. Brisson ore. Klein quad. 58. 



quad. 126. Br. Zool. 54. Hist. quad. ii. 



De Buffon, Tom. viii. 57. Tab. No. 428. p. 224. Arct. 

 10. Zool. i. l6l.. 



Brit. Llygoden goch, Chwist- Port. 



len, Llyg Germ. Spitzmause, Zissmuss 9 



La Musaraigne Muger 



Toporango Swed. Nabbmus 



Murganho Dan. Naebmuus, Muuse- 



skier. 



HE length of this little animal, from the end Descrip= 

 of the nose to the origin of the tail, is two inches 

 nd a half; that of the tail, near one inch and a 

 alf : the nose is very long and slender, and the 

 pper part is much longer than the lower, beset 

 with long but fine whiskers ; the ears are short, 

 and rounded ; the e}-es are very small, and, 



