Crass I. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw ppinting forward. 
Long flender nofe; {mall ears. 
Five toes on each foot. 
Mus araneus. Shrew, Shrew 
~Moufe, or Hardy Shrew. 
Raii fyn. quad. 239. 
Gefner quad. 747. 
Mus araneus fupra ex fufco ru- 
fus infra albicans. Briffon 
quad. 126. 
De Buffon, Tom. 
Tab. 10. 
Viil. 
57° 
Brit. Llygoden goch, Chwitt- 
len, Llyg 
La Mufaraigne 
Toporango 
Murganho 
Fren. 
Stal. 
Span. 
Sy Bike Baw: 
126 
XVI. 
SHREW. 
Sorex araneus. S. cauda cor- 32. Ferip. 
pore longiore. Liz. /y/t. 
7a 
Faun. Suec. 24. 
Mus araneus roftro producti- 
ore. Klein quad. 58. 
Br. Zool. 54. Syn. quad. No. 
235). 
Port. 
Germ. Spitzmaufe, Ziffmufs, 
Muger 
Swed, Nabbmus 
Dan. Nebmuus, Muule- 
fkier 
HE length of this little animal, from the pgscpyp. 
end of the nofe to the origin of the tail is 
two inches and ahalf: that of the tail, near one inch 
and a half: the nofe is very long and flender; 
and the upper mandible is much longer than the 
lower, befet with long but fine whifkers: the ears 
are fhort, and rounded: the eyes are very fmall; 
and, like thofe of the mole, almoft concealed in 
the hair, 
The color of the head, and upper part 
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