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SHREW-MOUSE. 



Clafs h 



on Sir Robert Sibhald) there is a kind of moufe, with a 

 black back, that deftroys moles *. We have been af- 

 llired that moles are not found in Ireland. 



Genus XIX. The SHREW MOUSE. 



Species I. The SHREW MOUSE. 



Mus araneus. Shrew, Shrew De Bitff'on,Tom. v'ln. t^y.TabAO. 



Moufe, or Hardy Shrew. Raii Sorex araneus. S. cauda cor- 



fyn. quad. 233. pore longiore. Lin.fyjl. ja. 



Gejner quad. 747. Faun. Suec, 24. 



Mus araneus fupra ex fufco rufus Mus araneus rofiro produdliore* 



infra albicans. Brijfon quad. Klein quad,^'i. 



126. Br. Zool. 54. 



NAMES. 



Brit. Llygoden goch, Chwift- Port. 



len, Llyg Germ, Spitzmus, Zifsmufs, Mu- 

 Fre7!. La Mufaraigne s;er 



Ital. Toporagno Sived. Nabbmus 



Sjian. Murganho Dan. N^ebmuus, Muufeikier 



'' I ^ H E length of this little animal, from the end 

 § of the nofe to the origin of the tail is 'two 

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

 a half: the nofe is very long and {lender j and the up- 

 per mandible is much longer than the lower : the 

 ears are fliort, and rounded : the eyes are very fmall ; 

 and, like tho'fe of the mole, almofi: concealed in' the 

 hair. The color of the head, and upper part of the 

 body, is of a brownilh dusky red : the belly of a diriy 

 white : the tail is covered with fhort dusky ^hairs : 



* 'Sib. Elfi. Scot, part iii. p 12. 



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