THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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SHREW MOUSE. 
The Mozambique Jumping Shrew {Petrodromus tetradactylus) does not bur¬ 
row but lives amidst the rocks, and his anatomy is varied to meet this change 
of condition. 
The Mozambique Beak-toothed Shrew ( Rhyncocyon cirnei) is nocturnal, 
subterranean and about three-quarters of a foot in length. The Zanzibar variety 
of the beak-toothed shrew (Rhyncocyon petersi ), as well as the Long-legged Beak- 
tooth (. Rhyncocyon macrurus') and the Golden-rump Beak-tooth ( Rhyncocyon 
chrysophagus) , of the Mombaco, are recent discoveries and therefore likely to 
meet the attention of the readers of current travels. 
The Pig-like Wood Mouse ( Hylo7nys suillus) belongs to northern India and 
has short legs, clawed feet, and although pro¬ 
perly a hedgehog is very rat-like in appear¬ 
ance. 
The European Shrew (Sorex vulgaris ) 
lives either in the fields or the fringe of the 
woods, though it is sometimes to be found 
in bogs and fens. This variety of habitat is 
quite consistent with the fact that they are 
not strictly insectivorous, but find birds and 
mollusks quite palatable. It is preternaturally 
pugnacious, and its remarkable fecundity (annual families of six or seven being 
the rule) seems to require a corresponding liability to a decimation of its num¬ 
bers. It is furthermore subject to a yearly plague whose ravages are quite 
extensive. It flesh is so tainted with a disagreeable secretion that no creature 
but the owl will try to fatten on its carcase. Those familiar with the popular 
superstitions of Europe (through such books as those of Baring-Gould) will call 
to mind the wealth of stories relating to vodooism in which this poor little 
shrew plays a conspicuous part. 
The House Shrew ( Crocidura araneus ) is found in northern Africa, in 
Russia and in Siberia. 
The Ciliated Shrew (Crocidura suavolens) 
has its habitat about the shores of the Medi¬ 
terranean and is one of the mammalian pig¬ 
mies. 
The Broad-nosed Shrew (Crocidura 
platyrhinus') belongs to the North Atlantic 
coast States. 
The Mexican Shrew (Crocidura craw - 
fordii ) has no popular peculiarities, yet its 
habitat renders it likely to form the acquaintance of American readers. 
The Mole Shrew (Blarina brevicaudci) is common in the United States. 
Its ears are entirely concealed, and its tail is so disproportionately short and 
thin as to suggest that it must, by great exertion, have escaped from a more 
than ordinarily muscular grasp. 
The Ash-colored Mole Shrew (Blarina cinerea) has fewer teeth (thirty) 
and a peculiar coloring. 
The Marsh Shrew (Neosorex palustris ) is aquatic, has valved ears, and is 
found from the extreme Eastern States as far west as the Rocky Mountains. 
The corresponding species found on the west of the mountains, the Pacific 
TANREC HEDGEHOG. 
