THE SHREW MOUSE. 



Generic Characters. 

 Two cutting teeth in each jaw, pointing forward. 

 Nofe long and llender; ears fmall. 

 Five toes on each foot. 



Synonims. 

 MuyaA», Mlian Hijl. An. lib. vi. c. 22. 

 Mvoyxxn, Diofcorid. lib. ii. c. 42. 



Mus Araneus, Agricola An. Subter. 485. Gefner Quad. 7^7- 

 Mus Araneus, Shrew, Shrew-Mouse, or Hardy Shrew, Raii 



Syn. Quad. 233. 

 Sorex Araneus, Linn. Syji. 7 A. 

 Nabbmus, Faun Suec. No. 24. 

 Spitsmaus, Klein Quad. 57. Kramer Aujlr. 3 1 7. 

 Mus Araneus, Brijfon Quad. 126. 

 La Musaraigne, de Buffon, viii. 57. tab. x. 

 Shrew Mouse, Brit. Z00L i. 112. 

 Foetid Shrew. Pennant Syn. Quad. 235. 



THE Shrew Moufe is readily to be diftinguiuied from all other Mice, by 

 the extraordinary length of its nofe, which fo me what refembles that of the 

 Hog. It is rather fmaller than the Common Moufe, meafuring only two 

 inches and a half from the end of the nofe to the infertion of the tail, which 

 is one inch and a half long. 



The head is rather large, in proportion to the lize of the body ; the ears 

 are Ihort and rounded; the eyes fmall, and almoft hid in the fur; the nofe is 



