632, CANADA SHREW. 
coarsisli hair : the feet far less than those of a 
JMole : the eyes hid under the skin ; the snout 
edged on each side with upright vibrissas : the ra- 
diated ten taenia at the end of the nose are of a 
bright rose-colour^ and moveable at the pleasure 
of the animah so as either to be brought toge- 
ther into a tubular form, or expanded in the form 
of a star. 
It is said to inhabit Canada, but not to be very 
common there. It occasionally burrows somewhat 
in the manner of a Mole, but far less strongly, or 
more slowly, and is said to pass a considerable 
portion of its life beneath the surface of the snow. 
One would be inclined to think that the remark- 
able moniliform appearance of the tail in this ani- 
mal, as exhibited in M. de la Faille's figure, may 
be partly owing to the contraction of the inter- 
stices of the joints in drying. 
It is evidently allied to the radiated IMole, but 
if the figure given by M. de la Faille be accurate, 
must surely be a very distinct species. 
