5 2 2 The Hijlory of A N I M A L S. 
black, and prominent ; the ears are .fhort, naked, obtufe, and rounded ; the tail is 
fhort and hairy; the legs are fhort, efpecially the anterior pair. 
The back is rounded and flefhy ; the fur is very thick, fmooth, and line j the hair 
not rigid: the back and Tides are of a very deep brown, approaching to black 5 the 
belly is white. 
This is a native of the woods of Germany, but is a very nimble and cunning ani¬ 
mal, for that it is rarely taken; when feized, it bites in a violent manner. Gefner 
calls it Glis; and other authors have defcribed it, but it is as if they had never feen it. 
Mus corpore brevi , lateribus ftriatis . 
T“he fhort-bodied Mus y with Jlriated fides. 
This is of the fize of the common rat, and it’s body is as thick, in proportion to 
the length : the head is fhort; the fnout obtufe, and the upper lip divided; the ears 
are Ihort, but fomewhat pointed at the top; the eyes are fmall, black, and promi¬ 
nent ; the teeth are lharp : the legs are Ihort, and the toes armed with very lharp 
claws i the tail is Ihort and hairy. 
The back is of a deep brown j the Tides are elegantly variegated with undulated 
ftreaks of brown and grey, and the belly is almoft white. 
This is a native of the Eaft Indies, and lives principally on trees, in the manner of 
the fquirrel. Ray calls it Mus Indicus ftriatus. 
S O R E X. 
r”|~^ H E upper fore-teeth of the Sorex are bifid, and the lower ones are ferrated : 
the upper canine teeth are very fmall, and are four in number. Of this genus 
there is only one known fpecies. 
s o r e x. 3St|)e gtfjrettemottfe. 
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This is an extreamly lingular little creature j it is fmaller than the common moufe, 
and much refembles it in figure : the head is large, and broad at the bafe, but it is 
terminated by a long, {lender fnout, in which are the noftrils very confpicuous - the 
lower lip is fmaller than the upper, and the whole fnout is guarded or ornamented with 
a kind of bridles: the teeth are very fingular in their ftru&ure, and as Angularly 
difpofed; the four grinders of the under jaw are acute, and each divided into four 
parts: the fore-teeth of the fame jaw are fhort and ferrated ; the grinders of the up¬ 
per jaw are alfo four, and they are bifid $ the canine are four, and very fmall, and the 
fore-teeth of this jaw are bifid and crooked : the ears are fhort and broad 5 the legs 
are fhort, and the tail is exadly that of the common moufe. 
The head, neck, and back are all of an uniform colour, a dufky brown, with a 
tinge of the ferrugineous: the belly is white $ the whole creature has a very difagreea- 
ble fmell. 
It is very frequent in our corn-fields, and under dry hedges; and in the country 
fometimes comes into houfes. The cats will kill it, as the other reptiles of it’s kind, 
but they will not eat it. All the writers on quadrupeds have defcribed it. Ray calls 
it Mus Araneus, and the reft in general preferve the fame name $ we call it the Hardy- 
fhrew, or Shrew-moufe. 
SCIURUS. 
