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YERTEBRATA. 
TUE DESMAN OP THE PYRENEES. 
THE DESMANS: MTGALE. 
This family resemble tlie shrews, but live in the water, and are larger, and use the tail as a 
sort of oar. On acconut of tlie odor tlicy diffuse from the glands in the tail, they are called 
THE RL'SSIAX BESS.AN. 
Munk-mfs^ but they must not be confounded with the MicsJc-rat or Ondatra of the United States, 
v.diich we shall hereafter describe. The nose is prolonged into a trunk, somewhat flattened ; the 
