MAMMA LS—SORICINAE-BLARINA BERLANDIERI. 
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List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number 
Corresponding 
No. of skull. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of specimen. 
640 
1791 
o 
Washington, Miss 
Col B. L. C. Wailes_ 
Skin from alcohol. 
641 
1792 
g 
2158 
In alcohol . 
2157 
_do. 
2161 
Spottsylvania co., Va __ 
1856 
A. W. Massey_ 
_do_ 
? 631 
1782 
Brownsville, Tenn_ 
Capt. S. Van Vliet_ 
Skin from alcohol. 
? 639 
1790 
<? 
St. Louis, Mo..'_ 
Dr. George Engelmann. 
Skin . 
? 2166 
3109 
DeKalb county, Ill .... 
1856 
R. Kennicott_ 
do_ 
BLARINA BERLANDIERI. 
Sp Ch.—S ize small Fur very full and velvet-like ; hairs scarcely exceeding one line. Feet moderate ; hand less than 3' 2 
lines, foot less than five. Tail considerably shorter than the head. 
Color above, hoary chestnut-brown, with a tinge of olivaceous ; beneath, yellow brownish-white. Line of separation between 
color of upper and under surfaces of tail not distinct. Teeth much larger than in other species. Head and body, two inches. 
Tail less than three-quarters of an inch. Teeth, 30. 
Size small; body moderately stout. Fur very full, compact and soft, but short, scarcely 
exceeding one line ; on the»thorax and breast it stands almost erect in a short pile. Ears small, 
inconspicuous, concealed by the fur ; the auricle naked on the external face, very rudimentary, 
compared with antitragus and antihelix. The feet though short are stout and broad ; the 
anterior contained less than one and a half times in the posterior. Soles hairy at the heel. The 
tail is about equal to the head, or a little shorter ; slender, thinly coated with hair, and with a 
slight pencil at the tip. 
The colors of this species cannot be given with any great degree of accuracy, as long immer¬ 
sion of the specimens in alcohol has probably produced some alteration. In one, the prevailing 
tint is a chestnut brown at the tips of the hairs, with paler next to the tips, producing a slight 
hoariness. The under parts are a yellowish brownish white j the line of demarcation on the 
sides quite indistinct. The tail is similarly colored ; but the difference in color between the 
under and upper surfaces is scarcely appreciable. In another specimen the upper parts are 
darker, with a tinge of purplish ; the under parts more yellowish. 
The cranium is wanting in the specimens examined. The dental formula is ^ ^ = 30. 
The teeth are all unusually large in proportion to the size of the skull and of the animal. The 
anterior upper incisor has a conical process at base—not a hook—the point of which does not 
come down to the level of the next two teeth. The first of these teeth is rather shorter than 
the second ; both are unusually long, pointed, and perpendicular, quite canine in appearance ; 
not so oblique as in other species. The third tooth is not half as long as the second, and is 
placed close to the first molar ; the molars are very large. The fourth lateral tooth is very 
small, and not visible from outside. The lower anterior incisor has two serrated lobes on the 
cutting edge. All the teeth are well colored on the crowns ; darkest on the points. 
