531 
CANADA SHREW. 
Sorex Radiatus. 5. nigricans, rostro producto, apice tentaculis 
radiato. 
Blackish Shrew, with lengthened snout, radiated at the tip with 
tentacula. 
La Taupe de Canada. Buff, suppl. 6. p. 254. pi. 37. 
De la Faille mem, i7<^9. 
This animal may with great propriety be term- 
ed Sorex radiatus^ since the snout, which is long 
and slender, has a dilated cartilaginous extremity, 
furnished with a circular series of sharp-pointed 
processes or soft tendrils, disposed in the manner 
of the rays in a spur. The vdiole animal is of a 
'long form, and its habit immediately pronounces 
it to belong to the genus Sorex, and not to that 
of Talpa. " It seems to have been first described 
and figured by Mons. de la Faille, in his Memoir 
on Moles. It is a native of Canada, and resembles 
tlie Mole only in some particular parts ; while in 
others it approaches to the mouse tribe; having 
the same shape and agility. Its tail, which is three 
inches long, is knotty, and almost naked, as well as 
the feet, which have five toes on each, and are co- 
vered with small brown and white scales on the 
upper part. This animal, according to M. de la 
Faille (who considers it, in a general view, as a 
species of Mole), is more above ground, or less 
addicted to burrowing, than the common Mole. 
Its body is longish, and covered with black. 
