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S O R E X FORSTE R I . — R ichardson. 
Forster’s Shrew Mouse. 
(Not figured.) 
S. Cauda tetragonh longitudine corporis, auriculis brevibus vestitis, dorso 
xerampelino, ventre murino. 
CHARACTERS. 
Tail as long as the body and square ; ears short and furry ; back brown, 
belly pale yellowish brown. 
SYNONYMES. 
Shrew, No. 20. — Forster, Phil. Trans., vol. lxii.; p. 381. 
Sorex Forsteri. — Richardson, Zool. Jour., No. 12, April, 1828. 
“ “ Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, vol. vii., part ii., 
p. 386. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Nose, long, somewhat divided at the tip ; ears, hairy, not much shorter 
than the fur, but still concealed ; body slender ; feet small ; tail long, 
four-sided ; hair short, fine, and smooth. 
COLOUR. 
The fur is for two thirds of its length dark cinereous above, tipped with 
brown ; beneath it is cinereous. 
Feet flesh coloured ; nails white. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length of head and body, 
“ of head, 
Height of ear, - 
Length of tail, - 
From point of nose to eye, 
Inches. 
21 
l 
\ 
8 
n 
