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THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
in the preserved specimens. The scent-gland, large and conspicuous in both sexes, is 
placed a little behind the shoulder. In the female there are three pairs of inguinal 
mammae situated very far back. The colour of the fur is uniform pale grey, washed 
with brown or drab in the spirit-specimens. 
Measurements taken from specimens preserved in alcohol. 
(S . Suez. 5 . Suakin. 
mm. mm. 
Head and body . 115 103 
Tail . 74 65 
Hind foot . 20 20 
Ear . 14 11 
Snout to hinder border of ear-conch . 36 35 
„ eye . 18 16 
Breadth of tail at base . 9 5 5 5 
Measurements of the skull of the female from Suakin;—Greatest length 30 millim. ; 
greatest breadth 12‘5 ; maxillary breadth 9 5 ; interorbital breadth 6 ; breadth of snout 
3-7 ; basal length 28 ; length of palate 13 ; tip of incisor to tip of large premolar 6'6. 
There can be little doubt that the large mummified shrew figured by Geoffrey was 
the remains of a specimen of this species, although the locality would suggest the 
greater probability of it being a specimen of C. olivieri. Its greater size, however, and 
the fact of the gland being so clearly shown in the dried mummy induce me to refer it 
to C. crassicauda. The examination of the skull would, of course, at once settle the 
question, the one having four unicuspid teeth, the other three on either side of the 
upper jaw. 
This species is very closely allied to C. cmrulea of India, and it is thought by some 
writers that it has been introduced to the E,ed-Sea littoral by ships—a theory which is 
not at all unlikely to be true, seeing that a trade has been carried on between these two 
countries for some thousands of years. 
