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CARNIVORA, 
of the Annales du Mus. ; but the difference in each 
from the common type is very insignificant. 
Some other species also have been mentioned, 
among which Linnaeus imagined the sorea: minutus 
to be the least of quadrupeds ; but Pallas insists, that 
one he describes, under the epithet ea^iliSy is less, not 
exceeding half a drachm in weight. 
THE PERFUMING SHREW, MUSARAIGNE d’iNDE, 
Sorea: Indicus^ Geoffroy, 
Is the largest of the genus known, measuring ge- 
nerally about six inches in length of body. Its form 
is. perfectly the same as that of the common species, 
and the fur is of a clear gray brown, waved with 
light reddish tints. Pennant says, it is of an elegant 
blue gray. It enters the houses in India and the 
islands, and is very offensive from its musky odour, 
which is extremely strong. 
A similar species, but differing in colour, is said 
to inhabit the country about the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
The teeth of the shrews before mentioned are 
similar; but a strict adherence to the character of 
these organs has induced modern writers to arrange 
the following species into distinct gpnera ; viz. the 
desman^ the scalope, the chrysochlore; and the condy- 
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