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MINUTE SHREW. 
Sorex Minutus. S. rostro longissimo, cauda nulla. Lin, Syst. 
Nat. Gmel.p. 112. 
Tailless Shrew, with very long snout. 
Minute Shrew. Pennant Qmdr. 2. p. 227. 
This is an extremely small animal^ which in- 
habits moist places in Siberia, and makes its nest 
of lichens and mosses under the roots of trees, 
living on grains and seeds, &c. It is of a subfer- 
ruginous brown colour above, and whitish below : 
the head is large ; the snout very long and slen- 
der, and beset with a row of long whiskers on 
each side, reaching as far as the eyes. It has no 
tail: the eyes are small, and the ears short and 
naked. It is said to run swiftly, and to have a 
a voice like that of a bat. It weighs about a 
dram. 
PYGMY SHREW. 
Sorex Exilis. S. minimus^ cauda crassissima tereti. 
Extremely small Shrew, with very thick cylindric tail. 
Pygmy Shrew. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 227. 
This is the least of all quadrupeds, weighing 
not more than half a dram. In shape and colour 
it resembles the common Shrew : the nose is very 
long and ^lender, and the tail is slender at the 
