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Show 1873.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON ASIATIC SHREWS. 233 with a silvery sheen ; muzzle well clad ; extremities brown, sparsely clad ; tail dark brown olive, paler below, thinly clad with short hairs and with a few scattered long pale lines along its basal two-thirds. Ears rather prominent, bare posteriorly at the base, the remainder of that surface covered with short stiff hairs; inner surface sparsely clad with short hairs ; the fur is very short, and the ears are in no way covered by it. Claws well developed, not prominent, horny yellowish ; palms nude ; a very few straggling short hairs on the soles of the feet; tail reaches from its base to halfway between the shoulder and the ear. The head is of moderate length, not much dilated over the moustachial region, and attenuatedly pyramidal. Measurements of Body. inch. Length from snout to base of tail 1*58 Tail 1*00 Eye to tip of snout *25 Anterior margin of ear to tip of snout *33 Greatest depth of ear * 17 Antero-posterior diameter * 13 Palm of anterior extremity to tip of middle claw * 19 Sole of foot *31 Measurements of Skull. From lower border of foramen magnum to anterior margin of intermaxillary '62 From posterior margin of palate to anterior margin of intermaxillary '19 Length of alveolar surface * 19 Length of molar area *13 Greatest breadth of skull '08 Glenoid surface of temporal to anterior margin of intermaxillary "25 Greatest breadth across maxillaries *21 Breadth across skull at glenoid cavity '17 Breadth across anterior margin of intermaxillaries "06 Length of lower jaw from angle (exclusive of process) to anterior extremity * 19 From condyle to anterior extremity *44 Depth of jaw, including coronoid process "13 Anterior margin of base of coronoid process to anterior upper extremity of jaw '21 Dentition -y+2+2+6=30. Teeth white, = Pachyura. The upper front incisors are of moderate length, as in the members of this genus generally. The basal tubercle is well developed, slightly recurved, and broadly pointed. The fourth lateral small tooth is very minute. The lower incisors have a hardly perceptible eminence about their middle ; no gland on the side. This Shrew has a decided musky smell, although it has been preserved in spirit for five years. The sutures of the skull |
