RADIATED SHREW. 
the animal in question as merely a variety of 
the Radiated Mole; to which, unquestionably, 
it is very nearly allied. 
In this uncertainty, we shall describe, as we 
have figured, from such materials as M. De la 
Faille lias afforded ; including the opinions of 
subsequent writers,by whom it has been noticed. 
It is considered as the Sorex Radiatus of the 
Linnasan system ; characterised, as the Blackish 
Shrew with a lengthened snout, radiated at 
the tip with' tentacula. 
Buffon, after De la Faille, calls it La 
Taupe de Canade, or the Canada Mole, Dr. 
Shaw, who has very well figured and described 
it, in his description titles it the Canada 
Shrew; but names it, in his plate, the Radi- 
ated Shrew. He observes, that " this animal 
may with great propriety be termed Sorex 
Radiatus — or, the Radiated Shrew — since the 
snout, which is long and slender, has a dilated 
cartilaginous extremity, furnished with a cir- 
cular series of sharp-pointed processes, or soft 
tendrils, disposed in the manner of the rays in 
a spur. 
