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SOREX LONGIROSTRIS.— Bach. 
Long-nosed Shrew. 
PLATE CL. Fig. 3. — Male. 
S. Castaneus, rostro ]ongo, cauda longS, auriculis amplis, vellere non 
occultis. 
CHARACTERS. 
JYose > lon S ’ ears > ^ge, and prominent ; tail, long ; general colour, 
chesnut. 
SYNONYMES. ' 
Sorex Longirostris—- Long-nosed Shrew. Bach., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. vii., 
part 2, p. 370. Anno 1837. 
Otisorex Platyrhinus. DeKay, Nat. Hist. State of New York, p. 22, pi. 5, fig. l. 
1842. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Dental Formula.— Incisive §; Canine — ; Molar AA = 32. 
Nose, very long ; whole upper jaw bordered with whiskers, extending to 
the middle of the ear ; lower jaw, sparsely covered with the same kind of 
hair, but shorter ; extremity of the muzzle, naked, deeply indented and 
bilobed ; the eyes are distinctly visible, and larger than in most species of 
this genus ; the ear extends considerably beyond the fur, is comparatively 
large and thickly clothed within and without, with short soft hairs ; the 
auditory opening is covered with a large oblong lobe on which are sprin- 
kled a few stiff long hairs ; tail, nearly round, but in the dried specimen 
becoming square ; it is clothed with short hair above and beneath, as also 
the feet and palms to the extremities of the nails ; toes, five ; the whole 
body is slender, and the feet small and weak. The fur is close, very fine 
and glossy. 
COLOUR. 
Above, uniform chesnut ; beneath, a shade lighter ; points of the teeth, 
dark brown ; nails, horn colour, tipped with black. 
VOL. in. — 32 
