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SOKIOX I.()X(;iU()S'rKIS liaclniiMiin. 

 SOUTHERN SHREW. 



iSorcx loiHjirosI ris liachman, .Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Fliila., Vol. 

 7, Part 2, p. 270, PI. 28, fig. 2. 18:37. 



IMiller, N. Am. Fauna, No. 10, p. 52, 1895. 



Merriam, N. Am. Fauna, No. 10, p. 85, 1895. 

 Amphisorex lesueuri Duvernoy, IMagasin de Zoologic, Manim., p. 



38, PI. 50, 1842. 



Evermann and Butler (in part), Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. for 

 1898, p. 184. 



Diagnostic charavicrti. — Size and color of Sorcx persouatus, but 

 with the rostral portion of the skull much shorter and broader and 

 the fourth upper incisor (third unicuspid) smaller than the third. 



Description. — Dorsal surface dark rich brown, becoming paler 

 on the sides ; belly smoke gray ; tail darker above than below, but 

 the line of demarcation not very distinct ; ears rather prominent. 



Measurements. — Merriam gives the following as the average of 

 six specimens from Raleigh, North Carolina: Total length, 85.fi 

 mm. (8 7/16 in.) ; tail, 31.9 mm. (1 5/16 in.) ; hind foot, 10.7 mm. 

 (7/16 in.). 



lSk}(ll and teeth. — The specific name longirostris is a misnomer, 

 for the rostrum, instead of being long, is unusually short and broad 

 in proportion to the rest of the skull. The skidl (fi«". 19) is s iialler 

 than that of any of our other shrews from eastern North America. 

 The peculiarities of the teeth have alread}^ been mentioned and can 

 be best understood by reference to the figures (figs. 18 and 19). 



Range. — As far as I am aware, this is the first published record 

 for this shrew for any locality outside of the Carolinas. The species 

 was described by Bachman from the swamps of the Santee river, 

 South Carolina, in 1837. The name was ignored or reduced to 

 synonymy until revived by ]\Iiller and IMerriam in 1895. In 1842 

 Duvernoy described Amphisorex lesueuri from the Wabash River in 

 Indiana. The identity of this species has never been certainly de- 

 termined, but the discovery of th-e southern shrew in this vicinity 

 makes it extremely probable that lesueuri is a synonym of longiros- 

 tris. 



Only one specimen is known from Indiana at present. It was 

 taken by Mr. E. J. Chansler at Bicknell, Knox County, preserved 

 by him in alcohol and sent to the Biological Survey at Washington. 

 Dr. Merriam identified the specimen as Sorex persouatus, but when 

 the writer suggested that it might be the species under considera- 



