. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. 484 TIIK KIM) SIIIfKW, (Ml SIIRKW-MOUSE. cannot lie iiiiNtukcn liir lluisc of any utlur aiiinml, Their in'culiariticH arc inostlv rcniarkalilt' in the imisoi' tcctli, wliidi »\v cxtrciiu'ly loiii^ ; tlmsc of the ii]ipci' jaw Immh" ciU'Vi'd ami iiotclicil at tln'ir liasc, while tliose of the h)Wei Jaw project ahiiost iiori/.ontally There are no ciuiiiies, and the molars (lifti'r sli^'iitly in arran^'eniont, according to the species. In the Krd SIu'ow the ti|is ,,f the teetii are tiii
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. 484 TIIK KIM) SIIIfKW, (Ml SIIRKW-MOUSE. cannot lie iiiiNtukcn liir lluisc of any utlur aiiinml, Their in'culiariticH arc inostlv rcniarkalilt' in the imisoi' tcctli, wliidi »\v cxtrciiu'ly loiii^ ; tlmsc of the ii]ipci' jaw Immh" ciU'Vi'd ami iiotclicil at tln'ir liasc, while tliose of the h)Wei Jaw project ahiiost iiori/.ontally There are no ciuiiiies, and the molars (lifti'r sli^'iitly in arran^'eniont, according to the species. In the Krd SIu'ow the ti|is ,,f the teetii are tiiinvd with a bhiod-eoloured l)rown. The head of (he Siirew is ratlier lon^', and its ajiparent hMi^th is increased hy tlic lun"" and flexilih- nose which j^'ives m» peculiar an aspect to the animal, and seiTes to distiniMish it at a glance from tiie conunon mouse, which it so nearly rescmhh's in j,'eneral shape and tolonr. Tlio ohjcet of this oh>nf?ated nose is supposed to l»o for the ])urposc of enal)Iin<' tlic animal to root in the Mrduud after the vaiious creatures on which it feeds, or to thrusf its head among the densest and elosest lierhage. Many insects and their larvu' arc f(,uuil in snch localities, and it is u])o such food that tlie Slucw chiefly subsists. "Worms iuv also captured and oaten hy tlm Shrew, which in many of its lialiits is not unlike the mole. The liabitation of the Shrew is in certain little subterraneous tunnels, Mhidi it excavates in the soil, and which serve as a hunt inj:;- J-,^-j^^^^â_jj^^^__p,. ^^ -^.^-v^ ground as well as a home. Like L^^^MRRfiftflHjj^w^' Jttj^ /VT^ ^''^ niole, the Shrew is very irn- \r;^*l*i^R^i^^ifl»^^^^ ^JKH^ . r, patient of luinger, and cannot endure a protracted fast, although it may not be so inordinatclvvova- cious as that velvet-coated animal, which it is said will die of hunger if it be kei)t without food for six hours. It has been suggested, iliat the many dead Shrews which are fcmnd in
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