464 SURINAM, AND ELEPHANT SHREW. 
long, is knotty, and almost naked, as well as the 
feet, which have five toes oil each, and are covered 
with small brown and whitish scales on the upper 
part. This animal, according to M. de la Faille 
(who considers it, in a general view, as a species 
of mole), is more above ground, or less addicted 
to burrowing than the common mole. Its body 
is longish, and covered with black coarsisli hair ; 
the feet far less than those of a mole ; the eyes hid 
under the skin ; the snout edged on each side with 
upright vibrissae ; the radiated tentacula at the 
end of the nose are of a bright rose colour, and 
moveable at the pleasure of the animal, so as either 
to be brought together in a tubular form, or ex- 
panded in the form of a star. 
Surinam shrew. 
This is said to be about the size of the water 
shrew, which it most resembles ; but is of a bay 
colour above, and of a pale yellowish ash beneath^ 
the tail, which is about half the length of the body, 
is ash-coloured above, and white below ; the muz- 
zle is white, the cars short and round, like those of 
the common shrew. It is a native of Surinam. 
Elephant shrew. 
This species is of a deep brown colour, and of 
a thickish form, with a slender tail, about the 
length of the body, and a cylindric, long, and 
slender snout, or upper jaw, stretching very far be- 
yond the lower. It is very indifferently represent- 
ed in Petiver’s Gazophvlacium, and is said to be 
a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
