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MAMMALIA. FER^E. Sorcx. 
22. SOREX. upper 2, long, 
lower 2 — 4, intermediate ones mortef' 
tuJJis many on each fide ; grinders cni‘ 
pidate. 
Thefe in their head rcfemble the mole, ih other parts the mouft; 
burrow in the ground : generally feed on worms and infefl*’ 
live under ground, fome near the water : bady thick : 
5-tocd : head lengthened, terminated by a conic fnout : 
final!. 
Crijlatus. Noftrils carunculate ; tail fliort, Crefed 
Inhabits North America ; 4 inches long, tail 1 1 ; feeds on root*' 
refemblcs in face and fnout the mole. 
Hair fhort, fmooth, compaft, black : fore-feet fnowy, liind-f^^f 
fcaly ; /ore-toiA lower 4 : 4 each fide; furround^^ 
with 10 — 15 naked, ftellate, caruncles. 
Minutus. Snout very long; tail o. Minute Shre'!>-'\ 
Inhabits Siberia, in moifl woods under the roots of trees, niak'^ 
its neft of lichen, collefts feeds, runs and burrows quickl)'’ 
bites, has the voice of a bat, w’eighs about a drachm. 
Hair loft, Ihining, grey, paler underneath : head nearly as 
as the body: fnout tapering, furrowed beneath: rohijb^^'. 
reaching to the. eyes ; ears broad, fliort, naked t eyes ■ 
rctrafted : toes 5 : 5. 
Aquaticus. Hind-feet palmate ; fore-feet white ; tail fliort, white. 
Aquatic 
Inhabits North America; fize of a mole. 
Hair fliining, dark grey, brown at the tips; fore-teeth lower 4 ’ 
fnout flender, upper jaw longer. 
Mofehatus Feet palmate ; tail flattened, thickeft in the middle. 
. . , . Mujky Shref^ 
Inhabits about the lakes of the Volga and Tanais ; burrows 
the banks w-ith an entrance into the water : feeds on flags 
fiflr : 7 inches long, tail 8. ° 
iftW like a mole ; /iiOMt cartilaginous, moveable- tehilhers^"' 
rows, white : fraall ; ears o : trunk flat, and befldes d’*' I 
fkm a flefhy moveable pannicle : feet naked, fcaly abo'’'’ ! 
black : fore-teeth lower 4 : tufks 6 each jaw : grindery uf P'! 
4, lower 3: toVblackifh, with 7—8 finall orifices at,*]’' 
, rcOt, exuding a yellowifh fluid which linells ftrongly of 
