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SOREX FI MB RIP ES.— Bach. 
Fringe-footed Shrew. 
CHARACTERS. 
JVo external ears ; tail a little shorter than the body j feet broad, fringed 
at the edges ; body dark brown. 
SVNONYME. 
Sorex Fimbripes. — Bach, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. vii., pait ii., 
p. 391. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Nose long and movable, with the tip slightly lobed ; head large and 
flat. The eye is a mere speck, covered by the common integument, and is 
found with great difficulty. Whiskers, long, extending considerably 
beyond the head ; no external ears, and the transverse auditory opening 
very small ; fore-feet broad, and clothed with short fine hairs extending 
to the extremities of the nails, the edges on the lower surface consider- 
ably fringed beneath the palms with long brownish hairs. Tail of mode- 
rate size, square, and gradually tapering to the point. 
The fur is considerably longer than in any other of our species of shrew 
of the same size. 
COLOUR. 
Teeth yellowish ; whiskers white ; there is a lightish edge around the 
upper lip ; feet dingy yellow. 
The fur on the upper surface is for two thirds of its length, bluish ash, 
and is tipped with brown, which gives it a changeable brown appearance. 
Throat and beneath dark fawn colour. Under side of tail buff ; point of 
tail nearly black. 
