SOEEX OAEOLIXENSIS.— Each. 
Carolina Shrew. Males and Females. 
PLATE LXXV. 
S. carolinensis, corpore griseo — cinerascente ; cauda brevis, depressa. 
characters. 
Carolina Shrew, with a short flat tail ; ears not visible ; body of a nearly 
uniform iron grey colour. 
description. 
2 
Intermediary incisors 
. 5—5 5 -^ 
Lateral incisors — ; Molars, — 34. 
3—3 ’ 3—3 
The four front teeth are yellowish white, with their points deeply tinged 
with chesnut brown ; all the rest are brown, a little lighter near the sockets. 
The upper intermediary incisors have each, as is the case in most other 
species of this genus, an obtuse lobe, which gives them the appearance 
of having a small tooth growing out from near the roots. The three late- 
ral incisors are largest ; the posterior ones very small ; the first and fifth 
grinders are the smallest ; the other three nearly equal. In the lower jaw 
the two first teeth are lobed ; the lateral incisors are comparatively large, 
and crowded near the grinders. The molars are bristled with sharp points 
except the last, which is a tuberculous tooth. 
The muzzle is moderately long and slender, and pointed with a naked 
deep lobed lip. The whiskers are composed of hairs apparently all white, 
a few of those situated in front of the eyes extending to the occiput, the rest 
rather short. There are no visible ears, even where the fur is removed ; 
the auditory opening is an orifice situated far back on the sides of the head 
running obliquely. The orifice of the eye is so small that it can only be 
discovered by the aid of a good magnifying glass. The tail is flat, thickly 
covered with a coat of close hair, and terminated by a small pencil of 
hairs. The fore feet are rather broad for this genus, measuring a line and 
a half in breadth, resembling in some respects those of the shrew mole, 
(Scalops canadensis.) The toes are five, the inner a little shorter th°*- 
