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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
SOEICIDJE 1. 
CROCIDURA. 
Crocidura, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 275. 
Shrews with entirely white teeth, either 28 or 30. The nostrils are soinewliat 
tubular and horny, opening laterally at the end of the snout, with a notch between them, 
dhe ear is well developed, with two deep ledge-like flaps on the inner side, the upper 
one forming a complete pouch, the lower one free on its inner border. A scent-gland, 
absent in the females of some species, is present on the side of the body (abdomen). 
'J'he genito-urinary and anal orifices both open into a shallow cloaca. Tail tapering, 
thick at the base, somewhat sparsely clothed with short hair, interspersed with long, 
fine, outstanding hairs. 
This genus is divided into two groups— Crocidura, with 28 teeth, having only 3 
unicuspids between the large hooked incisors and the large last premolar; and 
Pachyura, with 30 teeth, with 4 unicuspids, the last very small. 
Ckociduea (Ceocidura) OLIVIERI, Less. (Plate XXIII. fig. I.) 
Grande Musaraigne” (Sorex), Olivier, Voy. Emp. Othoman, ii. (Egypte) p. 94, pi. 33. fig. 1. 
Sorex Olivieri, Lesson, Man. Mamm. 1827, p. 121. 
? . Zagazig. Lent by Cairo Museum (Dr. Walter lunes, Rey). In alcohol. 
2 $ ? . Cairo, May and J une, 1901. Lent by Hon. N. Charles Rothschild. Skins with skulls. 
Size large; ears well developed; tail rather long. The upper parts uniform rich 
dark brown; the under side grey-drab with slight silvery sheen. Tail dark, with very 
short close-lying black-brown hairs, and fine, longer, outstanding hairs scattered over the 
proximal two-thirds of its length. Whiskers dark at the base, very fine and glistening 
silvery in their terminal half. The scent-gland is small and not conspicuous, placed 
on the border-line of the dark upper and lighter under surfaces, halfway between the 
knee (femoro-tibial joint) and the elbow. The skin of the snout, ears, feet, and tail is 
dark blackish in the preserved specimens. 
From the dried skins the measurements are:—Head and body 110-120 millim.; tail 
(iO-70; hind foot 18-20. 
Ihe specimen in spirit from Zagazig is barely full-grown, and gives the following 
measurements .'—Head and body 94 millim.; tail 53 ; hind foot 17-5. This specimen 
1 Except where other\^•ise stated, this section of the Insectivora was written by W. E. de Winton. 
